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John D, Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, in full John Davison Rockefeller, (born July 8, 1839, Richford, New York, U.S.—died May 23, 1937, Ormond Beach, Florida), American industrialist and philanthropist, founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust. -
Andrew Carnegie
His business, which became known as the Carnegie Steel Company, revolutionized steel production in the United States. -
Mark Twain
A Tale of Today is a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner first published in 1873. It satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America. -
J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan stood astride the nation's financial world like a colossus. His banking house erected the structure of the most prominent American industries in the Gilded Age beginning with the railroad. ... After the Panic of 1893, he reorganized many bankrupt railroads and industrial companies.
