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3) Andrew Carnegie (Personal Life (Career (Public Service (Retired from…
3) Andrew Carnegie
Personal Life
Birth
November 25, 1835
Death
August 11,1919
Parents
Father
William Carnegie
Mother
Margaret Morrison
Career
Bobbin boy at cotton mill
Built up one of the largest steel companies
Founded the Keystone Bridge Works
Was a messenger in a telegraph office
Public Service
Retired from business for Public Service
Wife
Louise Whitfield
Children
1 Daughter
Industry
Steel
Founded Key Stone Bridge works
Biggest steel company
Built 1st Iron Bridge over the Ohio river
He made most of his money in the steel industry
Finance
A financier
Bought stock in a railroad sleeping-car company
He earned a lot of money when the stock increased
Commmunication
Messanger
Textile
Worked as a Bobbin Boy
Railroad
secretary to the superintendent of the Penn. Railroad
Superintendent of the Pennsylvania railroad
Philanthropy
Believed it was the duty of a rich man to redistribute his wealth in the public interest.
Believed people must help themselves in order to get money
Est. the Carnegie Corp. of New York
Gave away 1/3 of a billion dollars of his own money