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Birth
Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver. -
Moved
Moved to America with his family when he was 13. -
Work
When he was eighteen he was working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the private secretary to a railroad official named Thomas Alexander Scott. -
Started His Own Company
Carnegie left the railroad and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron when he was 30. -
Steel Mill
Started his first steel mill when he was 38. -
Quarter of American Iron And Steel
He controlled a quarter of American iron and steel production.