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Cornelius Vanderbilt
A railroad owner who built a railway connecting Chicago and New York. He popularized the use of steel rails in his railroad, which made railroads safer and more economical. -
John D. Rockefeller
Wealthy owner of Standard Oil Company. Considered to be a robber baron who used ruthless tactics to eliminate other businesses. Built trusts and used money to influence government. -
J.P Morgan
An influential banker and businessman who bought and reorganized companies. His US Steel company would buy Carnegie steel and become the largest business in the world in 1901 -
Andrew Carnegie
United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts; a "robber baron," developed the steel industry; practiced vertical integration; believed in the "Gospel of Wealth".
