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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.