- Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century
When did Andrew Carnegie die? / Died | 11 August 1919 |
Andrew Carnegie Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| How much is Andrew Carnegie worth? | Under review
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Andrew Carnegie facts
- He is often identified as one of the richest people and one of the richest Americans ever
- He built a leadership role as a philanthropist for the United States and the British Empire
- During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away to charities, foundations, and universities about $350 million (in 2015 share of GDP, $78
- 6 billion) – almost 90 percent of his fortune
- His 1889 article proclaiming "The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, and it stimulated a wave of philanthropy
- Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and emigrated in 1848 to the United States with his very poor parents
- Carnegie started work as a telegrapher and by the 1860s had investments in railroads, railroad sleeping cars, bridges and oil derricks
- He accumulated further wealth as a bond salesman raising money for American enterprise in Europe
- He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which he sold to J
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