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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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• Michael Bloomberg (age: 70)
• Investment• $25 Billion
#18• J.P. Morgan 1837-1913• Finance• $119 Million • Today’s Value: • $25 Billion
#14, 15, 16, 17• Sam Walton’s Four Kids
• Wal-Mart Stores• $26.1 – 27.9 Billion Each
#13• David Koch (age: 72)• Investment• $31 Billion
#12• Charles Koch (age: 76)• Investment• $31 Billion
#11• Larry Ellison (age: 68)• Oracle• $41 Billion
#10• Warren Buffet 1930- (age: 82)
• Investment• $46 Billion
#9• Marshall Field 1834-1906• Department Stores• $140 million• Today’s Value:• $66 Billion
#8• Bill Gates 1955- (age: 56)• Computer Software• $66 Billion
#7• Stephen Van Rensselaer III-- 1764-1839
• Property (owned much of NY state)• Today’s Value: $68 Billion
#6• Jay Gould 1836-1892• Railroads• $81 Million• Today’s Value: $71 Billion
#5• John Jacob Astor 1763-1848• Fur trade, real estate• $20 million• Today’s Value:• $121 Billion
#4• Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794-
1877• Shipping, railroads • $105 Million• Today’s Value:• $185 Billion
#3• Henry Ford 1863-1947• Automobiles• Today’s Value:• $199 Billion
#2• Andrew Carnegie 1835-1919
• Steel• $250 Million• Today’s Value:• $310 Billion
#1• John D. Rockefeller 1839-1937
• Oil• $900 Million • Today’s Value:• $340 Billion!!!
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• "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?