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Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver.
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In 1865 Carnegie left the railroad and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron.
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Carnegie started his first steel mill.
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By 1899, when he consolidated into the Carnegie Steel Company he controlled a quarter of American iron and steel production.
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In 1901, Carnegie retired from his steel mill company.
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In 1911 he gave a gift of $125 million to establish the Carnegie Corporation of America which provides funding to institutions and organizations that conduct research on education and public affairs.