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How Wealthy Are They?

How Wealthy Are They?. A few of the wealthiest Americans of all time. What Do You Think?. Robber Barons? or Captains of Industry?. #21. Henry Clay Frick Steel/Coke $225 Million Today’s Value: 22.4 Billion. #20. Jeff Bezos (age: 48) Amazon.com $23.2 Billion. #19.

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How Wealthy Are They?

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  1. How Wealthy Are They? • A few of the wealthiest Americans of all time

  2. What Do You Think? • Robber Barons? or • Captains of Industry?

  3. #21 • Henry Clay Frick • Steel/Coke • $225 Million • Today’s Value: • 22.4 Billion

  4. #20 • Jeff Bezos (age: 48) • Amazon.com • $23.2 Billion

  5. #19 • Michael Bloomberg (age: 70) • Investment • $25 Billion

  6. #18 • J.P. Morgan 1837-1913 • Finance • $119 Million • Today’s Value: • $25 Billion

  7. #14, 15, 16, 17 • Sam Walton’s Four Kids • Wal-Mart Stores • $26.1 – 27.9 Billion Each

  8. #13 • David Koch (age: 72) • Investment • $31 Billion

  9. #12 • Charles Koch (age: 76) • Investment • $31 Billion

  10. #11 • Larry Ellison (age: 68) • Oracle • $41 Billion

  11. #10 • Warren Buffet 1930- (age: 82) • Investment • $46 Billion

  12. #9 • Marshall Field 1834-1906 • Department Stores • $140 million • Today’s Value: • $66 Billion

  13. #8 • Bill Gates 1955- (age: 56) • Computer Software • $66 Billion

  14. #7 • Stephen Van Rensselaer III-- 1764-1839 • Property (owned much of NY state) • Today’s Value: $68 Billion

  15. #6 • Jay Gould 1836-1892 • Railroads • $81 Million • Today’s Value: $71 Billion

  16. #5 • John Jacob Astor 1763-1848 • Fur trade, real estate • $20 million • Today’s Value: • $121 Billion

  17. #4 • Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794-1877 • Shipping, railroads • $105 Million • Today’s Value: • $185 Billion

  18. #3 • Henry Ford 1863-1947 • Automobiles • Today’s Value: • $199 Billion

  19. #2 • Andrew Carnegie 1835-1919 • Steel • $250 Million • Today’s Value: • $310 Billion

  20. #1 • John D. Rockefeller 1839-1937 • Oil • $900 Million • Today’s Value: • $340 Billion!!!

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  22. "We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when anyone engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal.“ What does Roosevelt mean by a square deal?

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