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The richest business leaders of the 19th century

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The "robber barons" were industrialists and businessmen in the US during the late 19th and early 20th century. They were so called because their methods of enriching themselves were equated to feudal lords of medieval Europe, who stole from both travelers and serfs. The business methods they employed were widely viewed as illegal, immoral, unethical, or corrupt, taking every advantage over workers and consumers, and with little regard for anything but profit. Some of these became the wealthiest, most influential, and most famous individuals of their day, and their fortunes have enriched their descendants for generations.

Some persons associated with the term are :

  • John Jacob Astor (real estate, fur) - New York City
  • Andrew Carnegie (railroads, steel) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Jay Cooke (finance) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Charles Crocker (railroads) - California
  • Daniel Drew (finance) - New York state
  • James Buchanan Duke (tobacco) - near Durham, North Carolina
  • James Fisk (finance) - New York state
  • Henry Flagler (railroads, oil, the Standard Oil company) - New York City and Palm Beach, Florida
  • Henry Ford (automobile) - Dearborn, Michigan and metropolitan Detroit, Michigan
  • Henry Clay Frick (steel) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and New York City
  • John Warne Gates (steel, oil) - Chicago and Texas
  • Jay Gould (finance, railroads) - New York (both state and city)
  • Edward Henry Harriman (railroads) - New York state
  • Collis P. Huntington (railroads) - California, Virginia, and New York
  • Andrew Mellon (finance) - Pennsylvania
  • J. P. Morgan (finance) - New York
  • Mark Hopkins (railroads) - California
  • John D. Rockefeller (oil) - Cleveland, Ohio
  • Leland Stanford (railroads) - Sacramento, California and San Francisco, California
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt (railroads, shipping) - New York City, New York
  • James J. Hill (railroads) - St. Paul, Minnesota
  • George Mortimer Pullman (railroads) - Pullman, Chicago

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