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Cornelius Vanderbilt
An american shipping and railroad magnate who acquired a personal fortune of more than $100 million, -
Andrew Carnegie
An industrialist who lead the expansion of the steel industry and became one of the richest Americans in history. -
J.P. Morgan
An american financier and industrial organizer, one of the world’s foremost financial figures during the two pre-World War I decades. He reorganized several major railroads and financed industrial consolidations that formed the US Steel, International Harvester and General Electric corporations. -
John D. Rockefeller
A business man who was the founder of a standard oil company. He became one of the world's wealthiest man and was a major philanthropist.