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Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver -
Brought his family to America in 1848. -
In 1865 Carnegie left the railroad and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron. -
Eight years later he started his first steel mill -
By 1899, when he consolidated into the Carnegie Steel Company he controlled a quarter of American iron
and steel production. -
Two years later he retired. He devoted the last
eighteen years of his life to use his wealth for the public good. -
He gave a gift of $125 million to establish the Carnegie Corporation of America which provides funding to institutions and organizations that conduct research on education and public affairs. -
On August 11, 1919, he passed away in Lenox, MA