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Andrew Carnegie
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  • A short time ago we received twenty thousand dollars from Mr. Andrew Carnegie, to be used for the purpose of erecting a new library building.  (source)
  • No. Name Wealth in Billions (USD) Origin C o m p a n y or Source of Wealth John D. Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie Nicholas II of Russia 318.3 United States Standard Oil 298.3 Scotland Carnegie Steel Company House of Romanov Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Monarchy 253.5 Russia William Henry 231.6 Vanderbilt United States Osman Ali 210.8 Khan, Asaf Jah VII Hyderabad 5* THE 10,000-HOUR RULE No. Name Wealth in Billions (USD) Origin C o m p a n y or Source of Wealth Andrew W. Mellon Henry Ford 188.8 United States Gulf Oil 188.1 United States Ford Motor Company Roman Senate Marcus Licinius Crassus Basil II Cornelius Vanderbilt Alanus Rufus 169.8 Roman Republic 9 10 169.4 167.4 Byzantine Empi†  (source)
  • John D. Rockefeller, 1839 Andrew Carnegie, 1835 Frederick Weyerhaeuser, 1834 Jay Gould, 1836 Marshall Field, 1834 George F. Baker, 1840 Hetty Green, 1834 James G. Fair, 1831 Henry H. Rogers, 1840 J.P. Morgan, 1837 Oliver H. Payne, 1839 George Pullman, 1831 Peter Arrell Brown Widener, 1834 Philip Danforth Armour, 1832 What's going on here?†  (source)
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Then, in 1906, came the organization of the Simplified Spelling Board, with an endowment of $15,000 a year from Andrew Carnegie, and a formidable membership of pundits.  (source)
Andrew Carnegie = U.S. steel industrialist and philanthropist (1835-1919)
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