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Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland to a poor family. -
His father brought his family to America. (pictured is his father) -
He was working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the private secretary to a railroad named Thomas Alexander Scott. -
He left the railroad and started his own business making railroad bridges from iron. -
8 years after opening his own company he started his very first steel mill. -
When he consolidated into the Carnegie Steel Company he controlled a quarter of American iron ans steel production. -
Two years after he retired to devote his last 18 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. -
He passed after his good life he had lived.