The Life of Andrew Carnegie

By Nash Dolan
  • Birth

    Birth

    Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver.
  • Moved

    Moved

    Moved to America with his family when he was 13.
  • Work

    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

    Started His Own Company

    Carnegie left the railroad and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron when he was 30.
  • Steel Mill

    Steel Mill

    Started his first steel mill when he was 38.
  • Quarter of American Iron And Steel

    Quarter of American Iron And Steel

    He controlled a quarter of American iron and steel production.