ANDREW CARNEGIE

MY FAVORITE QUOTE OF HIS IS...

FACTS ABOUT CARNEGIE...

• He was born Nov.25 1835.
• He worked as a messenger before he worked on railroads.
• In 1873 he organized a steel rail company.
• His family moved to America when he was 13 years old.
• He also worked as a bobbin boy when he was young.

INTERESTING FACTS

• Carnegie had to educate himself.
• His nickname was "Steel King of America."
• Carnegie died of Bronchopneumonia.
• He was a philanthropist.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• He owned Carnegie Steel Corporation, the largest of its kind in the world.
• He made his money from steel.
• His steel mills became the most modern in the world
• He wrote the book "Gospel of Wealth".

Gospel Of Wealth

• The gospel of wealth was about
• How Carnegie believed that the
• Rich should give back to the poor.

BIG ACHIEVEMENTS

• Carnegie made the largest enterprise in the world before its merger.
• He created philanthropic groups like Carnegie corporation.
• Within a year, he received a return of $1,000,000 in cash from investing in
• story farm on oil creek.

GIVING BACK

• He funded and had constructed 7,000 church organs.
• He founded and owned Carnegie Hall in New York City.
• He gave away over $350 million (worth a lot more now) by the time he died.
• In total, he had funded around 3000 libraries in different countries.