User:InMooseWeTrust/Tycoons

These are the major tycoons in history.


 * List of wealthiest historical figures

Revolutionary Era

 * John Hancock - Did he have other motives?

Revolution to Civil War

 * Cornelius Vanderbilt
 * William Henry Vanderbilt
 * John Jacob Astor
 * Stephen Van Rensselaer
 * Stephen Girard
 * Elias Hasket Derby - What was he doing with China? Is it related to the stolen gold?

Civil War to WWI

 * John D. Rockefeller
 * Standard Oil
 * Cornelius Vanderbilt II - Why was he the favorite grandson? And why did he disown his son (Cornelius Vanderbilt III)? Is there another reason?
 * Lord Gordon-Gordon
 * Jay Gould - founder of Western Union (early history?)
 * Black Friday (1869)
 * Boss Tweed
 * Pennsylvania Railroad - What kinds of people were controlling this thing, and what was it used for?
 * James Fisk (financier)
 * Ivy Lee - He invented public relations.
 * Andrew W. Mellon
 * Andrew Carnegie
 * Carnegie Steel
 * J. P. Morgan
 * Morgan Stanley - The same corporations still rule the world.
 * Thomas Nast - Exposed a lot of tycoons

Eartly 20th Century

 * John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
 * Edith Rockefeller McCormick - Junior's sister claims to be the reincarnation of King Tut's wife.
 * Theodore Roosevelt - President
 * Woodrow Wilson - President
 * Henry Ford

Post-WWII

 * John Kluge - Media mogul and owner of Metromedia. Why was he written out of history, unlike his competitors?
 * Sam Walton - How did Wal-Mart become so powerful?
 * Daniel K. Ludwig - Another billionaire who was seldom talked about.
 * J. Paul Getty - Who the hell is this guy?

Present

 * Bill Gates - There's no way this guy got so rich on his own.
 * Warren Buffet - How is he so good at manipulating the stock market?
 * Carlos Slim - Owns a lot of communication in Mexico