capitalists and financiers

Alphabetical articles profile the life and work of notable business leaders and entrepreneurs from antiquity to the present, beginning with Ah Quin and concluding with Linus Yale. Includes the following: John Jacob Aster, William E. Boeing, Andrew Carnegie, Samuel Colt, John Deere, George Eastman, Malcolm Forbes, Henry Ford, Bill Gates, David Geffen, J. Paul Getty, Armand Hammer, William Randolph Hearst, Henry John Heinz II, Milton Hershey, Howard Hughes, Steven Jobs, Will Keith Kellogg, Raymond Kroc, Cyrus McCormick, J.P. Morgan, Robert Murdock, Ross Perot, George Pullman, Cecil Rhodes, John David Rockefeller, Stephen Spielberg, John Stetson, Levi Strauss, John Studebaker, Donald Trump, Ted Turner, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sam Walton, Oliver Winchester, Oprah Winfrey, Stephen Wozniak.

An account of the capitalists who controlled finances in the United States after the Civil War, and who through their command of capital became commanders of industry, banking, and the government.

Explores the role throughout history of the occupations involved with handling or managing money and with making available the things money can buy.

A biography of John D. Rockefeller, the world's first billionaire, discussing his rise from humble origins to become owner of the Standard Oil Company, and looking at his business tactics, as well as his philanthropic activities.

A biography of J. Pierpont Morgan, one of America's greatest bankers, financiers, and founder of U.S. Steel and General Electric.

Presents a brief biography of Warren Buffett, the billionaire businessman whose company owns and operates businesses ranging from GEICO insurance to Benjamin Moore paints, and provides information on his education and career development.

Presents two-page profiles of 21 successful businessmen and women who have become familiar to most of us by name or by their products or services, and by the changes they have effected in our daily lives. Illustrated with period photographs.

A biography of the industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and later became a famous philanthropist, establishing the Rockefeller Foundation in 1913.