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Dropped out of school at age 11 to help his father
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At age 16, Vanderbilt bought a small ferry boat
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Worked for the government as a transporter during the civil war
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Vanderbilt married his first cousin
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Got into the steamboat business with Thomas Gibbons
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Bought several more steamboats
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Built profitable shipping lines in New York
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Built an enourmous family home
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Formed Accessory Transit Company
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Started buying railroad stocks
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Vanderbilt's wife died and a year later he remarried a distant cousin
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Constructed Grand Central Station, the largest railroad station in the country.
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Donated 1 million dollars to build Vanderbilt University
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