Thursday, April 11, 2013

Industrialization : J.P. Morgan: Zachery Johnston


Industrialization: J. P. Morgan, Key Person

            John Pierpont Morgan was born April 17, 1837. He was the first person in the world to own a billion dollar company: he combined Carnegie steel company with several other steel companies. His financial empire was called “House of Morgan.” He was the son of a successful Boston banker; Morgan began his career in New York City, at a branch of his father’s bank. He quickly developed a reputation for shrewd business sense. J.P. Morgan dies March 31, 1913.

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