Andrew Carnegie Adjusted wealth*: $101 billion (tie) Lived: - TopicsExpress



          

Andrew Carnegie Adjusted wealth*: $101 billion (tie) Lived: 1835-1919 Founder of the Carnegie Steel Company, Carnegie is perhaps even more famous for giving his fortune away. After selling his steel behemoth to J.P. Morgans U.S. Steel, Carnegie established a number of philanthropic and non-profit organizations including the Carnegie Corporation, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and nearly 3,000 public libraries. A man who dies rich dies disgraced, he wrote in Wealth, his most famous essay.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:19:53 +0000

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