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Edward Harriman’s Life Story – Legends

February 18, 2023February 18, 2023 Young Entrepreneur 1848, 19th century, 20th century, aggressive tactics, Alaska Central Railroad, American, American railroad history, American West, arts, Boone and Crockett Club, business, chairman, conservationist, consolidation, death, director, E.H. Harriman, education, Edward H. Harriman Memorial Park, Edward Harriman, finance, financier, Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, Harriman Alaskan Expedition, Harriman Campus, Harriman family, Harriman State Park, Hempstead, Illinois Central Railroad, J.P. Morgan, legacy, Mary Williamson Averell, New York, philanthropy, pioneer, railroad executive, Southern Pacific Railroad, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, stockbroker's clerk, Union Pacific Railroad, Yellowstone National Park

Edward Henry Harriman (born February 20, 1848, in Hempstead, New York, USA; died September 9, 1909, in Arden, New York)

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Jay Gould’s Life Story – Western Union – Legends

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Young Entrepreneur American railway system, Book Collector, chess, collector of books, Jay Gould, President Chester A. Arthur, railroad, Rutgers University, Telegraph, transcontinental railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, Western Union

Jay Gould (May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American financier and railroad magnate who played a significant

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John Wanamaker’s Life Story – father of modern advertising – Legends

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 Young Entrepreneur advertising, catalogues, collector of art, department stores, entrepreneur, father of modern advertising, John Wanamaker, magazine advertisements, marketing, money-back guarantee, National Historical Park, newspaper advertisements, President Benjamin Harrison, Republican Party, Union Army, University of Pennsylvania, Wanamaker, women's rights, YMCA

John Wanamaker (July 11, 1838 – December 12, 1922) was an American merchant and religious, civic and political figure, who

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Charles Schwab’s Life Story – Legends

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 Young Entrepreneur Bethlehem Process, Charles Schwab, efficiency, entrepreneurship, golf, golfer, healthy lifestyle, innovation, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Steel Company, philanthropy, Schwab, steel industry, steel magnate, United States Steel Corporation

Charles Schwab was a well-known American steel magnate and a highly successful businessman of his time. Born in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania

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Legends – J.P. Morgan’s Life Story

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 Young Entrepreneur American financier, Art Collector, banker, banking, Book Collector, business, Connecticut, corporations, General Electric, Hartford, Harvard, International Harvester, J.P. Morgan, JPMorgan, JPMorgan Chase, merger, mergers, Princeton, transcontinental railroad, U.S. Steel, Yale

J.P. Morgan was a prominent American financier and banker who played a central role in the development of the American economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was known for his involvement in several major business transactions and mergers, and for his philanthropy, and his impact on American finance and banking continues to be felt today through the legacy of JPMorgan Chase. Despite his controversies, he remains one of the most influential figures in American finance and banking, and his contributions to American business and society are widely recognized as among the greatest of his time.

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George Westinghouse’s Life Story – Legends

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 Young Entrepreneur AC, alternating current, Civil War, DC, George Westinghouse, nikola tesla, railway, technology, tesla, Thomas Edison

George Westinghouse (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American inventor and businessman who was instrumental in the

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Andrew Carnegie’s Life Story – Legends

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Young Entrepreneur American Dream, Andrew Carnegie, animal rights, Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Mellon University, frugal, industrialist, labor unions, Library of Congress, New York Public Library, philanthropist, philanthropy, Scottish, Scottish-American, steel industry

Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist, philanthropist, and businessman who played a major role in the growth of the

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John D. Rockefeller’s Life Story – Legends

January 29, 2023January 31, 2023 Young Entrepreneur business trust, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Henry Flagler, industrialist, John D. Rockefeller, monopoly, oil industry, philanthropist, philantrophy, social welfare, Standard Oil Company, Supreme Court, vertical integration, William Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and one of the

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Alexander Graham Bell’s Life Story – Legends

January 23, 2023January 31, 2023 Young Entrepreneur Aeronautics, aileron, Alexander Graham Bell, bell labs, Boston Technical School for Girls, Canada, deaf, Edinburgh, eugenics, graphophone, John Scott Medal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, metal detector, MIT, photophone, Royal Society of Canada, Scotland, Telecommunications, telephone, University College London, University of Edinburgh, Volta Prize, wireless telecommunications

Alexander Graham Bell is widely known as the inventor of the telephone. However, his contributions to the field of communication

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Top 50 Entrepreneurs (Non-Computer Tech)

January 21, 2023February 18, 2023 Young Entrepreneur Advance Publications, Alexander Graham Bell, Alfred P. Sloan, American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), Andrew Carnegie, Armand Hammer, Carnegie Steel Company, CBS, Charles Merrill, Charles P. Taft, Charles Revson, Charles Schwab, Chrysler Corporation, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), Columbia Pictures, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Daniel Ludwig, Dave Thomas, Du Pont, Du Pont family, DuPont, E. H. Harriman, Eastman Kodak, Edward Harriman, elon musk, Erie Railroad, F. W. Woolworth Company, Ford Motor Company, Francis Henry Taylor, Frank Woolworth, General Electric, General Motors, General Motors Corporation, George Eastman, George Soros, George Westinghouse, Getty Oil Company, Goldman Sachs, Gulf Oil, henry ford, Howard Hughes, Hughes Aircraft, IBM, IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, J. Howard Pew, J.C. Penney, J.P. Morgan, J.P. Morgan & Co., James B. Duke, James Cash Penney, James J. Hill, James Mellon, Jay Gould, John D. Hunter, John D. Rockefeller, John Jacob Astor, John Paul Getty, John Wanamaker, Joseph P. Kennedy, Macy's, Marcus Goldman, McDonald's, Merrill Lynch, MGM, National Bulk Carriers, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Open Society Foundations, Paul Mellon, Pierre du Pont, Procter & Gamble, R.H. Macy, Ray Kroc, Revlon, Richard Branson, Sam Walton, Samuel Goldwyn, Samuel Insull, Samuel Newhouse, spacex, Standard Oil Company, Sun Oil Company, tesla, The Boring Company, The Duke Endowment, The F. W. Woolworth Company, The film studio Goldwyn Pictures, The Getty Trust, The Mellon Foundation, The Pew Memorial Trust, The Virgin Group, The Walt Disney Company, Thomas Edison, Thomas J. Watson Jr., U.S. Steel, Union Pacific Railroad, United Artists, Virgin Group, W. K. Vanderbilt, Walmart, walt disney, Walter P. Chrysler, Wanamaker's, Wendy's, Western Union Telegraph Company, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, William C. Durant, William S. Paley

This is not an exhaustive list, there are many great entrepreneurs that will and must be added. From this list

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