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Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. [1] [2] After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into leadership positions in the inland water trade and invested in the rapidly growing railroad industry, effectively transforming the geography of the ...
Business magnate. A business magnate, also known as an industrialist or tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the creation or ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. The term characteristically refers to a powerful entrepreneur and investor who controls, through personal enterprise ownership or a dominant shareholding ...
Robber baron (industrialist) Robber baron is a term first applied as social criticism by 19th century muckrakers and others to certain wealthy, powerful, and unethical 19th-century American businessmen. The term appeared in that use as early as the August 1870 issue of The Atlantic Monthly [ 1] magazine. By the late 19th century, the term was ...
Keith Rupert Murdoch AC KCSG (/ ˈ m ɜːr d ɒ k / MUR-dok; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American business magnate, investor, and media proprietor. [2] [3] Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including in the UK (The Sun and The Times), in Australia (The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun ...
Jay Gould. Jason Gould ( / ɡuːld /; May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who founded the Gould business dynasty. He is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age.
Global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians began arriving in India’s financial capital on Friday to attend the wedding of the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man ...
Earlier this month, we brought you a preview of The Tap Lab's Tiny Tycoons, the then upcoming free-to-play iOS city-builder that mixes geolocation with Monopoly-style property acquisition to give ...
Charles Lartigue, Lartigue Monorail. Joseph Locke, [ 3] next to the Stephensons and Brunel, one of the most important English railway pioneers. Thomas Newcomen, [ 3] first practical static steam engine. Benjamin Outram, [ 5] civil engineer, surveyor and industrialist. Pioneer in the building of canals and tramways.