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Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, on November 25, 1835
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He went whith his family to the United States and Settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. At age thirteen, he went to work as a bobbin boy in a cotton mill. He then moved rapidly through a succession of jobs whith Western Union and the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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He resigned to establish his own business enterprises and eventually organized the Carnegie Stell Company.
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In 1889 he wrote The Gospel of Wealth, in which he asserted that all personal wealth beyond that required to supply the needs of one's family should be regarded as a trust fund to be administered for the benefit of the community.
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At age sixty-five, he sold the company to J.P. Morgan and devoted the rest of his life to his philanthropic activities.
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He created The Carnegie Corporation of New York and other seven philantropic and educational organizations in the United States, and several more in Europe.
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He died in Lenox, Massachusetts, on August 11. During his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $350 million contributing to charity.
