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George Pullman
George Mortimer Pullman (Brocton, October 19, 1897) was a well-known American industrialist and inventor. For the violent repression of striking workers in the city he created for the company, Pullman, in Chicago. And Pullman designed the first modern railroad with sleeper cars and seats convertible into lower berths - in 1863, dedicated to the manufacture of sleeper cars, and lounge and restaurant for railroads. The first car was completed in 1864. -
Andrew carnegie
August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist, business tycoon and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. [5] He became a leading philanthropist in the United States and the British Empire. During the -
George W. Plunkitt
George Washington Plunkitt, November 19, 1924) was an American politician from the state of New York. He served in both chambers of the New York State Legislature and was a member of the political machinery at Tammany Hall in New York City. Plunkitt became a power broker within Tammany Hall, and for almost 40 years he was the undisputed head of the 15th Assembly District, a heavily Irish stronghold on the West Side of Manhattan. -
John D. Rockefeller
May 23, 1937) John D. Rockefeller not only created Standard Oil, which was the largest business empire on Earth in the early twentieth century, but formed the largest empire of philanthropy, creating the University of Chicago, Spelman College, Rockefeller University, the Museum of Modern Art in New York,
