Gilded Age People

  • Cornelius Vanderbilt

    was the wealthiest man in the U.S. and probably the greatest of the 19th century railroad baron
  • Andrew Carnegie

    led the expansion of the american steel industry in the late 19th century. Owner of Carnegie steel corporation
  • John d. Rockefeller

    stranded oil company, controlled over 90 % of the U.S. oil refining.considered the wealthiest man of all time
  • J.P. Morgan

    his banking house erected the structure of the most prominent american industries. he did chase bank