the life of Andrew Carnegie

By evelyn.prhs

  • Birth of Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie was born to a poor weaver in Scottland, 1835

  • Andrew Carnegies job in America

    At eighteen years old, Andrew Carnegie was working as the private secretary to a railroad official named Thomas Alexander Scott in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

  • Leaving and starting new

    Carnegie left his railroad job and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron

  • Carnegie Steel Company created

    Andrew Carnegie consolidated into the Carnegie Steel Company and controlled a quarter of American iron
    and steel production.

  • Andrew Carnegie giving money to corporation

    Andrew Carnegie gave a gift of $125 million to establish the Carnegie Corporation of America which provided funding to institutions and organizations that conduct research on education and public affairs.

  • Retirement

    Andrew Carnegie retires from Carnegie Steel Company after two years.