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Andrew Carnegie is born to William and Margaret Carnegie in Scotland.
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Very poor, the Caregies borrow some money to emigrate to the U.S. Their destination? Pittsburgh.
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Andrew Carnegie working as a telegrapher he puts investments in railroads, railroad sleeping cars, oil derriks, and bridges.
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By this time, Andrew Carnegie has built his empire and Carnegie Steel is the worlds largest manufacturerer of pig iron, steel rails, and coke.
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Deciding to retire, Carnegie sells his company to J.P. Morgan for $480 million dollars (13.5 billion today.)
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Andrew Carnegie, possibly out of guilt of his greed decides to devote the remainder of his life to charity. He builds librarys, donates to education, for world peace, and science.
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Andrew Carnegie passes away in Massachusetts of Bronchial Phnemonia. To this day he'd given away $350,695,653 and his last 30,000,000 was given to charities, foundations, and pensioners.