Industrial Revolution
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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ANDREW CARNEGIE
- American steel industry
- Lived from 1835-1919
ANDREW CARNEGIE
- Carnegie steel company
- Was worth about $475 billion
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT
- Industrialist in railroads and shipping
- Lived from 1794-1877
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT
- Was called the commodore
- Was worth $185 billion
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
- Head of an oil company
- Lived from 1839-1937
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
- Standard oil cmpany
- Worth about $340 billion
GEORGE EASTMAN
- Inventor
- Lived from 1854-1932
GEORGE EASTMAN
- Eastman Dry plate and film company
- Was worth about $95 million
J.P. MORGAN
- Founded the banking company
- Lived from 1837-1913
J.P. MORGAN
- J.P. Morgan & Co.
- Was worth about $310 billion
THOMAS EDISON
- Inventor/ Businessman
- Lived from 1847-1931
THOMAS EDISON
- Edison companies (there are many of them)
- Worth about $12 million
NIKOLA TESLA
- Inventor/ Engineer
- Lived from 1856-1943
NIKOLA TESLA
- Inventor of many things like the alternating- current electrical ststem
- Was worth about $1billion
HENRY FORD
- Industrialist/ automobile manufacturer
- Lived from 1863-1947
HENRY FORD
- Ford motor company
- Was worth about $199 billion
