Captain of industry

he would own the most enormous steel corporation in the world and become the richest man of his time. He started as a poor Scottish boy earning $1.20 a week working in a factory but was able to build one of the most successful industries in history. He is a captain of industry for three reasons. First off, his business, the Carnegie Steel Company, dominated the American scene by revolutionizing steel production in the United States. Secondly, his business helped to fuel the economy and shape the…

Andrew Carnegie was very important in the mid 1800s. He made one of the most famous bridges that opened on July 4th 1874 and it is still opened and in use today. Andrew Carnegie was a Captain of Industry. Andrew Carnegie had began manufacturing the St. Louis Bridge in February 1868. His mentor, Tom Scott, had told him that it would be much faster to go strait across the Mississippi River instead of going around it in order to get supplies and merchandise back and forth. He found this to be a…

Cornelius vanderbilt should be the captain of industry because he stated the transportation of oil through trains. Also he was the inspiration behind many other industrial men. Plus he turned $100 dollars and 1 ferry into a giant shipping business that he then sold for a giant train business then he made millions of dollars and making him the richest man in america at that time. Plus he invested very well in stocks only making more and more money to add to his already millions of dollars.…

JP Morgan was a Captain of Industry. He helped the US shape itself for the future generations. He not only helped the future generations but he helped the present people of his time. Without him we would not be in the place we are today in our country. JP Morgan respected his workers and paid then pretty well for the time they were in. He paid his workers a little less than a dollar a day, but in this time that they were in that was not a terrible pay compared to others. He not only treated his…

capitalists who made a fortune in the late 19th century by ruthless, or unright things. Then there are the captains of industry. Men/women, who have made a fortune by positively helping out other people, their country, and their country's economy. The question is was John D. Rockefeller a man that has gone down in history as the richest man ever, a robber baron or one of the captains of industry. Today 2016, Bill Gates and is right now the richest living person in the world with his net worth…

decided he wanted to start a business career so him and his friend went into the trading business. Later on in 1867 Rockefeller entered the oil business. Rockefellers actions in the oil business showed he was a captain of industry. Rockefellers actions showed he was a captain of industry in many ways. Rockefeller helped his country by selling kerosene which helps heal certain illnesses. Rockefeller also helped people learn more academically and religiously. by donating over five million…

Carnegie: Robber Baron and Captain of Industry On November 25, 1835, Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland to a poor family. When he was 13, his family moved to the U.S. As a young child, he went to go work at a railroad as a assistant and a messenger for Tom Scott, one of the owners on the railroad. On a quest to build a bridge across the mississippi, he came upon a new steel refining process. After taking many loans, and using most of his money, he build a new factory using this new process,…

Davidson Rockefeller’s oppositions such as Vanderbilt, and Tom Scott continuously try to make more money off of Rockefeller and sabotage his well planned industry, however Rockefeller always makes a decision that will tear down the opposition to keep his industry running. Through the study of John D. Rockefeller, he should be considered a captain of industry. He has justified his wealth many times as he has never cut his workers wages, he has also donated to charity very often, and innovated…

I would define men like Rockefeller and Carnegie as “Captains of Industry”. Rockefeller's impact on the American economy demands recognition. He took advantage of the loophole in the Union draft law by purchasing a substitute to avoid military service. In the 19th century. Rockefeller introduced techniques that totally reshaped the oil industry as Kerosene and how can crude oil be converted to it. He used all methods to reduce the price of oil to his consumers as rebates. He gained many…

average, how detrimental is that to someone’s career? Captain Rink: None whatsoever. Robert: Would that be evidence by the fact that he actually received a promotion? Captain Rink: Yes, absolutely. Robert: Okay, and again, I know that you said you had no knowledge of the conversation that he alleged that you had with him, but did that conversation play at all into the statement in the FITREP or making my .4 below your average? Captain Rink: No, not at all, as I said, I think the real…