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Birthdate
Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver -
Leaving and Making a Company
In 1865 Carnegie left the railroad
and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron. -
Carnegie Steel Company
By 1899, when he consolidated
into the Carnegie Steel Company he controlled a quarter of American iron
and steel production. Two years later he retired. -
Gifting
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.