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Cornelius Vanderbilt was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping
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Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist.
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John Pierpont Morgan Sr. was an American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age.
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American industrialist John D. Rockefeller built his first oil refinery near Cleveland and in 1870 incorporated the Standard Oil Company.
