Birth of Andrew Carnegie

  • Birth of Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland, 1835.
  • To America

    In 1848, Andrew Carnegie family was brought to America.
  • Grow up working

    In 1853, when Andrew Carnegie was 18 years old, he was
    working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the private secretary to a railroad official named Thomas Alexander Scott.
  • In 1865...

    In 1865, Andrew Carnegie left the railroad and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron.
  • Eight years later...

    In 1873, Andrew Carnegie started his first steel mill.
  • Controlling a quarter of American Iron

    In 1899, when he consolidated into the Carnegie Steel Company he controlled a quarter of American iron
    and steel production.
  • Retirement

    In 1901, Andrew retired. But in 1911, he gave $125 million to establish the Carnegie Corporation of America.