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May 27, 1794 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, shipping and railroad magnate, established ferry service between Manhattan, Staten Islands.

March 12, 1901 - Industrialist Andrew Carnegie earmarked  $5.2 million for the construction of 65 branch libraries in New York City; established over 2500 libraries by time of his death in 1919.

September 29, 1916 - John D. Rockefeller became the world's first billionaire.

December 24, 1919 - John D. Rockefeller, thought to be the world's richest man, gave away $100 million dollars.

Top 30 Wealthiest Businessman in History

(in today's dollars):

1) John D. Rockefeller ($192 billion); oil
2) Cornelius Vanderbilt ($143 billion); railroads
3)
John Jacob Astor ($116 billion); fur trading; real estate
4)
Stephen Girard ($83 billion) - banking;
5) Bill Gates ($82 billion); high technology
6)
Andrew Carnegie ($75 billion); steel
7)
A. T. Stewart ($70 billion) - department store;
8)
Frederick Weyerhaeuser ($68 billion); forest products
9) Jay Gould ($67 billion) - financier;
10)
Stephen Van Rensselaer ($64 billion) - land;
11)
Marshall Field ($61 billion); department store
12)
Henry Ford ($54 billion); automobile
13) Sam Walton ($53 billion); discount stores
14)
Andrew W. Mellon $48 billion) - banking;
15)
Richard B. Mellon ($48 billion) - banking ;
16)
Warren E. Buffett ($46 billion); insurance; investments
17)
James G. Fair ($45 billion) - silver mining; Fairmont Hotel
18)
William Weightman ($44 billion) - malaria drug;
19)
Moses Taylor ($44 billion) - Citibank;
20)
Russell Sage ($43 billion) - financier;
21) John I. Blair ($43 billion) - railroads;
22)
Edward Henry Harriman ($39 billion) - railroads;
23)
Henry Huttleston Rogers ($39 billion) - Standard Oil;
24) J. P. Morgan ($38 billion); banking
25)
Oliver S. Payne ($37 billion) - Standard Oil;
26) Henry Frick ($36 billion) - coke/steel;
27)
George Pullman ($34 billion) - railroad sleeping cars;
28)
Collis Porter Huntington ($33 billion) - Central Pacific Railroad;
29)
Peter A. B. Widener ($32 billion) - streetcar tracks;
30) James C. Flood ($31 billion) - silver mining; Flood mansion (Pacific Union Club)
(source:
"The Wealthy 100: From Benjamin Franklin to Bill Gates-A Ranking of the Richest Americans, Past and Present" by Michael Klepper and Robert Gunther (New York, NY: Carol Pub. Group, 1996)

(Astor), James Parsons (1865). Life of John Jacob Astor. To Which Is Appended a Copy of His Last Will. (New York, NY: The American News Company, 121 p.). Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.

Johann Jakob Astor (http://www.astoriaoregon.com/images/john_jacob_astor.gif)

(Astor), Arthur D.H. Smith (1929). John Jacob Astor, Landlord of New York. (Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, 296 p.). Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.

(Astor), John Upton Terrell (1963). Furs by Astor. (New York, NY: Morrow, 490 p.). Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848; American Fur Company.

(Astor), Kenneth W. Porter (1966). John Jacob Astor, Business Man. (New York, NY: Russell & Russell, 2 vols. [orig. pub. 1931]). Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.

(Astor), Virginia Cowles (1979). The Astors. (New York, NY: Knopf, 256 p.). Astor family; Great Britain--Genealogy.

(Astor), John D. Gates (1981). The Astor Family. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 352 p.). Astor family.

(Astor), David Sinclair (1984). Dynasty: The Astors and Their Times. (New York, NY: Beaufort Books, 426 p.). Astor family.

(Astor), Washington Irving ; introduction by Kaori O'Connor (1987). Astoria: Adventure in the Pacific Northwest. (New York, NY: KPI, 440 p. [orig. pub. 1839]). Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848; American Fur Company--History; Voyages to the Pacific coast; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Astoria (Or.)--History.

(Astor), John D. Haeger (1991). John Jacob Astor: Business and Finance in the Early Republic. (Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 365 p.). Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848; Businesspeople--United States--Biography; United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.

(Astor), Derek A. Wilson (1993). The Astors, 1763-1992: Landscape with Millionaires. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 439 p.). Astor family; United States--Biography; England--Biography.

(Astor), Axel Madsen (2001). John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire. (New York, NY: Wiley, 312 p.). Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848; Businesspeople--United States--Biography; United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.

(Isaac Bronson), Grant Morrison (1973). Isaac Bronson and the Search for System in American Capitalism, 1789-1838. (New York, NY: Arno Press, 389 p.). Bronson, Isaac, 1760-1838; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography; United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.

(Cabot), Leon A. Harris (1967). Only to God; The Extraordinary Life of Godfrey Lowell Cabot (New York, NY: Atheneum, 361 p.). Cabot, Godfrey Lowell, 1861-1962; United States--Genealogy.

(Carnegie), John K. Winkler (1931). Incredible Carnegie; The Life of Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919). (New York, NY: Vanguard Press, 307 p.). Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.

Andrew Carnegie (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/img/assets/4815/Copy%20of%20ANDREW.jpg) August 12, 1919 Obituary http://www.nytimes com/ learning/ general/nthisday/ bday/1125.html

(Carnegie), Burton J. ndrick (1932). The Life of Andrew Carnegie. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 2 vols.). Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919; Philanthropists--United States--Biography; Industrialists--United States--Biography; Steel industry and trade--United States--History.

(Carnegie), Burton J. Hendrick and Daniel Henderson (1950). Louise Whitfield Carnegie; The Life of Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. (New York, NY: Hastings House, 306 p.). Carnegie, Louise (Whitfield) 1857-1946.

(Carnegie), Alvin F. Harlow (1953). Andrew Carnegie. (New York, NY: J. Messner, 182 p.). Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.

(Carnegie), Andrew Carnegie (1968). The Empire of Business. (New York, NY: Greenwood Press, 307 p. [orig. pub. 1902]). Business; Success in business; Wealth; United States--Economic conditions. 

(Carnegie), Louis M. Hacker (1968). The World of Andrew Carnegie: 1865-1901. (Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, 473 p.). Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919; Industrial policy--United States--History; United States--Economic conditions.

(Carnegie), Andrew Carnegie with a new foreword by Cecilia Tichi (1986). Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie. (Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press, 375 p., [orig. pub. 1920]). Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919; Industrialists--United States--Biography; Philanthropists--United States--Biography.

(Carnegie), Joseph Frazier Wall (1989). Andrew Carnegie. (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1137 p. [orig. pub. 1970]). Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919; United States -- Biography; Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography; Industrialists -- United States -- Biography; Steel industry and trade -- United States.

(Carnegie), Harold C. Livesay (2000). Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business. (New York, NY: Longman, 288 p., 2nd ed.). Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919; Industrialists--United States--Biography; Millionaires--United States--Biography; Philanthropists--United States--Biography; Steel industry and trade--United States--History; Iron industry and trade--United States--History; Big business--United States--History.

(Carnegie), Peter Krass (2002). Carnegie. (New York, NY: Wiley, 612 p.). Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919; Industrialists--United States--Biography; Philanthropists--United States--Biography; Steel industry and trade--United States--History.

(Carnegie), Quentin R. Skrabec Jr. (2004). The Boys of Braddock: Andrew Carnegie and the Men Who Changed Industrial History. (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 230 p.). Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919; Jones, William (William R.); Schwab, Charles M., 1862-1939; Edgar Thomson Works; Industrial revolution--United States; Industrialists--Pennsylvania--Biography; Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Braddock--History; Braddock (Pa.)--History. Braddock, PA - steel-making hometown of some of America's greatest steel manufacturing industrialists (Andrew Carnegie); "Boys" developed concepts in industrial management  changed Industrial Revolution. 

(Carnegie), Raymond Lamont-Brown (2005). Carnegie: The Richest Man in the World. (Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Sutton Publishing, 246 p.). Carnegie. Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919; Industrialists--United States--Biography; Philanthropists--United States--Biography; Industrialists--Scotland--Biography; Philanthropists--Scotland--Biography; Scottish Americans--Biography; Steel industry and trade--United States--History.

(Carnegie), David Nasaw (2006). Andrew Carnegie. (New York, NY: Penguin Press, 832 p.). Distinguished Professor of History and Director for the Humanities (City University of New York Graduate Center). Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919; Industrialists--United States--Biography; Philanthropists--United States--Biography. Based on materials not available to any previous biographer - how Carnegie made his early fortune, what prompted him to give it all away, cultural and political context of his life.

SEE ALSO: Steel & Iron

(Duke), Robert F. Durden (1975). The Dukes of Durham, 1865-1929. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 295 p.). Duke family; Duke Endowment.

(Du Pont), John K Winkler (1948). The Du Pont Dynasty. (Kabson Park, MA: Spear & Staff, 342 p.). Du Pont family; E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company--History; Chemical industry--United States--History; United States--Social conditions; United States--Economic conditions.

Eleuthere Irenee Du Pont (http://www2.dupont.com/Heritage/en_US/assets/images/Enlightened/e_i_dupont.jpg)

(Du Pont - July 19, 1802 E.I. DuPont breaks ground for new company), William H. A. Carr (1964). The du Ponts of Delaware. (New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, 368 p.). Du pont family; E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.

(Du Pont), Marc Duke (1976). The du Ponts: Portrait of a Dynasty. (New York, NY: Saturday Review Press, 340 p.). Du Pont family.

(Du Pont), John D. Gates (1979). The du Pont Family. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 358 p.). Du Pont family.

(Du Pont), Leonard Mosley (1980). Blood Relations: The Rise & Fall of the du Ponts of Delaware. (New York, NY: Atheneum, 426 p.). Du Pont family.

(Du Pont), Gerard Colby (1984). Du Pont Dynasty: Behind the Nylon Curtain. (Seacaucus, NJ: L. Stuart, 968 p.). Du Pont family; E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company--History; Chemical industry--United States--History; United States--Social conditions; United States--Economic conditions.

(Du Pont), Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours; translated, and with an introduction by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese (1984). The Autobiography of Du Pont de Nemours. (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 298 p. [orig. pub. 1906]). Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817; Du Pont family; Intellectuals--France--Biography; France--Intellectual life--18th century.

(Du Pont), Joseph Frazier Wall (1990). Alfred I. Du Pont: The Man and His Family. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 685 p.). DuPont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935; Du Pont family; Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.

SEE ALSO: Chemicals

(Duke), Robert F. Durden (1975). The Dukes of Durham, 1865-1929. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 295 p.). Duke family; Duke Endowment.

(Fedor), Thomas C. Owen (2005). Dilemmas of Russian Capitalism: Fedor Chizhov and Corporate Enterprise in the Railroad Age. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 275 p.). Katheryn, Lewis, and Benjamin Price Professor of History (Louisiana State University). Chizhov, Fedor, 1811-1877; Businessmen--Russia--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--Russia--Biography; Entrepreneurship--Russia--History; Railroads--Russia--History. 

(Frick), George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1928). Henry Clay Frick, The Man. (New York, NY: C. Scribner's Sons, 382 p.). Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919.

(Frick), Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr. (1995). Henry Clay Frick: The Gospel of Greed. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 308 p.). Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919; Businessmen -- United States -- Biography; Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.

(Frick), Kenneth Warren (1996). Triumphant Capitalism: Henry Clay Frick and the Industrial Transformation of America. (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 426 p.). Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919; Industrialists--United States--Biography; Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History. 

(Frick), Martha Frick, Symington Sanger (1998). Henry Clay Frick: An Intimate Portrait. (New York, NY: Abbeville Press Publishers, 599 p.). Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

(A. G. Gaston), Carol Jenkins and Elizabeth Gardner Hines (2004). Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire. (New York, NY: One World, 336 p.). Gaston's Niece (Award-Winning Television Journalist); Grandniece. Gaston, A. G. (Arthur George), b. 1892; African American businesspeople--Biography; Millionaires--United States--Biography. 

(Gould), Murat Halstead ] (1892). Life of Jay Gould, How He Made His Millions ... (Philadelphia, PA: Edgewood Publishing Co., 490 p.). Gould, Jay, 1836-1892; Capitalists and financiers.

Jay Gould (1836-1892) Jay Gould (http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/07/30/books/noce184.jpg)

(Gould), Robert Irving Warshow (1928). Jay Gould: The Story of a Fortune. (New York, NY: Greenberg, 200 p.). Gould, Jay, 1836-1892.

(Gould), Julius Grodinsky (1957). Jay Gould, His Business Career, 1867-1892 (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 627 p.). Gould, Jay, 1836-1892.

(Gould), Richard O'Connor (1962). Gould's Millions. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 335 p.). Gould, Jay, 1836-1892.

(Gould), Edwin P. Hoyt, Jr. (1969). The Goulds: A Social History. (New York, NY: Weybright & Talley, 346 p.). Gould, Jay, 1836-1892; Gould family.

(Gould), Maury Klein (1986). The Life and Legend of Jay Gould. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 595 p.). Gould, Jay, 1836-1892; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography; Railroads--United States--History.

(Gould), Edward J. Renehan, Jr. (2005). The Dark Genius Of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons. (New York, NY: Basic Books, 352 p.). Gould, Jay, 1836-1892, robber barons. 

(Guggenheim), Harvey O'Connor (1937). The Guggenheims; The Making of an American Dynasty. (New York, NY: Covici, Friede, 496 p.). Guggenheim family; Mineral industries--United States.

Meyer Guggenheim  (http://www.copper.org/consumers/arts/2007/september/images/Meyer_Guggenheim.jpg); March 17, 1905 Obituary

(Guggenheim), Milton Lomask (1964). Seed Money: The Guggenheim Story. (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, 307 p.). Guggenheim family.

(Guggenheim), Edwin P. Hoyt, Jr. (1967). The Guggenheims and the American Dream. (New York, NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 382 p.). Guggenheim Family.

(Guggenheim), John H. Davis (1978). The Guggenheims: An American Epic. (New York, NY: Morrow, 608 p.). Guggenheim family; Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Art patrons--United States--Biography; Jews--United States--Biography; United States--Biography.

(Guggenheim), Irwin Unger and Debi Unger (2005). The Guggenheims: A Family History. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 560 p.). Pulitzer Prize Wnner in History. Guggenheim family; Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Art patrons--United States--Biography; Jews--United States--Biography; United States--Biography. 

SEE ALSO: MINING

(Guinness), Derek A. Wilson (1998). Dark and Light: The Story of the Guinness Family. (London, UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 319 p.). Guinness family; Brewers--Ireland--Biography; Brewing--Ireland--History.

(Harriman), George Kennan (1922). E.H. Harriman: A Biography. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2 vols.). Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Boys--Societies and clubs; Businessmen--Biography; Railroads--United States.

(Harriman), H. J. Eckenrode and Pocahontas Wight Edmunds (1933). E. H. Harriman: The Little Giant of Wall Street. (New York, NY: Greenberg, 242 p.). Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909.

(Harriman), Maury Klein (2000). The Life and Legend of E.H. Harriman. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 521 p.). Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography; Railroads--United States--History.

SEE ALSO: Railroads

(Hughes), James Phelan (1976). Howard Hughes, The Hidden Years. (New York, NY: Random House, 201 p.). Investigative Reporter. Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976; Millionaires--United States--Biography. 

Howard Hughes (http://hughesairport.com/Hughes.jpg)

(Hughes), Robert Maheu and Richard Hack (1992). Next to Hughes: Behind the Power and Tragic Downfall of Howard Hughes by His Closest Advisor. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 289 p.). Maheu, Robert; Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976; Businessmen--United States--Biography.

(Hughes), James R. Phelan and Lewis Chester (1997). The Money: The Battle for Howard Hughes's Billions. (New York, NY: Random House, 270 p.). Investigative Reporter. Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 --Estate.

(Hunt), Stanley H. Brown (1976). H. L. Hunt. (Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, 217 p.). Hunt, H. L.

(Hunt), Harry Hurt III (1981). Texas Rich: The Hunt Dynasty, From the Early Oil Days Through the Silver Crash. (New York, NY: Norton, 441 p.). Hunt, H. L.; Businessmen -- Texas -- Biography.

(Hunt), Stephen Fay (1982). Beyond Greed. (New York, NY: Viking, 304 p.). Hunt family; Silver.

(Hunt), Jerome Tuccille (1984). Kingdom: The Story of the Hunt Family of Texas. (Ottawa, IL: Jameson Books, 384 p.). Hunt family; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

(Huntington), William B. Friedricks (1992). Henry E. Huntington and the Creation of Southern California. (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 229 p.). Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927; Businesspeople--California, Southern--Biography; Entrepreneurship--California, Southern--History--20th century.

(Huntington), James E. Thorpe (1994). Henry Edwards Huntington: A Biography. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 623 p.). Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

(Kahn), Mary Jane Phillips-Matz (1963). The Many Lives of Otto Kahn. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 299 p.). Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934.

(Kahn), John Kobler (1988). Otto, The Magnificent: The Life of Otto Kahn. (New York, NY: Scribner, 244 p.). Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934; Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934 --Art patronage; Philanthropists--United States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

(Kahn), Theresa M. Collins (2002). Otto Kahn: Art, Money & Modern Time. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 383 p.). Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-193; Bankers--United States--Biography; Philanthropists--United States--Biography; Art patronage--United States--History; Art and industry--United States--History.

(MacArthur), William Hoffman (1969). The Stockholder. (New York: Lyle Stuart, 192 p.). MacArthur, John Donald, 1897-.

John D. MacArthur (http://production.macfound.org/media/photos/john_d_macarthur_200.jpg)

(MacArthur), Bob Sanford (1996). John D. MacArthur, A View from the Bar: A Memoir. (Highland City, FL: Rainbow Books, 149 p.). MacArthur, John D., 1897-1978; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

(MacArthur), Nancy Kriplen (2008). The Eccentric Billionaire: John D. MacArthur-- Empire Builder, Reluctant Philanthropist, Relentless Adversary. (New York, NY: AMACOM/ American Management Association, 234 p.). MacArthur, John D., 1897-1978; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography; Billionaires--United States--Biography; Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Philanthropists--United States--Biography. Rose from poverty (son of fire-and-brimstone preacher), sole owner of Bankers Life and Casualty; real estate empire spanned continent; tumultuous private life; established foundation that funded NPR, liberal  causes.

(Massey), Bill Carey (2005). Master of the Big Board: The Life, Times, and Businesses of Jack Massey. (Nashville, TN: Cumberland House. Massey, Jack C., 1904-1990; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography. First person in history of New York Stock Exchange to list three companies on Big Board.

(Mellon - founded in 1869), Philip H. Love (1929). Andrew W. Mellon, The Man and His Work. (Baltimore, MD: F.H. Coggins & Co., 319 p.). Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937; Finance, Public--United States--1901-1933; United States--Foreign relations--1923-1929.

(Mellon), Harvey O'Connor (1933). Mellon's Millions, The Biography of a Fortune; The Life and Times of Andrew W. Mellon. (New York, NY: The John Day Company, 443 p.). Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937; Mellon family.

(Mellon), William Larimer Mellon in collaboration with Boyden Sparkes (1948). Judge Mellon's Sons. (Pittsburgh, PA: Private Printing, 570 p.). Mellon family; Mellon, Thomas, 1813-1908.; Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937.

(Mellon), Burton Hersch (1978). The Mellon Family: A Fortune in History. (New York, NY: Morrow, 640 p.). Mellon family.

(Mellon), David E. Koskoff (1978). The Mellons: The Chronicle of America's Richest Family. (New York, NY: Crowell, 602 p.). Mellon Family.

(Mellon), Thomas Mellon; foreword by David McCullough; preface to the second edition by Paul Mellon; edited by Mary Louise Briscoe (1994). Thomas Mellon and His Times. (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 478 p. [2nd ed]). Mellon, Thomas, 1813-1908; Mellon family; Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.

(Mellon), David Cannadine (2006). Mellon: An American Life. (New York, NY: Knopf, 800 p.). Institute of Historical Research (University of London). Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937; United States. Dept. of the Treasury--Officials and employees--Biography; Politicians--United States--Biography; Cabinet officers--United States--Biography; Diplomats--United States--Biography; Bankers--United States--Biography; Industrialists--United States--Biography; Philanthropists--United States--Biography; United States--Politics and government--1901-1953. One of America’s greatest financiers.

(Morgan), Carl Hovey (1912). The Life Story of J. Pierpont Morgan. (London, UK: William Heinemann, 352 p.). Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913.

J.P. Morgan (http://s.wsj.net/media/jpmorgan0807_art_160_20070806160910.jpg)

(Morgan), John K. Winkler (1930). Morgan the Magnificent; The Life of J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913). (New York, NY: Vanguard Press, 313 p.). Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913.

(Morgan), Herbert Livingston Satterlee (1939). J. Pierpont Morgan; An Intimate Portrait. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 595 p.). Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

(Morgan), Frederick Lewis Allen (1949). The Great Pierpont Morgan. (New York, NY: Harper, 309 p.). Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913.

(Morgan), George Wheeler (1973). Pierpont Morgan and Friends: The Anatomy of a Myth. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 38 p.). Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913; Capitalists and financiers--United States; Finance--United States--History.

(Morgan), Andrew Sinclair (1981). Corsair: The Life of J. Pierpont Morgan. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 269 p.). Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913; Bankers--United States--Biography.

(Morgan), John Douglas Forbes (1981). J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1867-1943. (Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 262 p.). Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943; Bankers--United States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

(Morgan), Stanley Jackson (1983). J.P. Morgan, A Biography. (New York, NY: Stein and Day, 332 p.). Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913; Bankers--United States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

SEE ALSO: Banking

(Munger), Janet Lowe (2000). Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger. (New York, NY: Wiley, 294 p.). Munger, Charles T., 1924- ; Munger, Charles T.; Berkshire Hathaway Inc.--History; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

(Sir Dudley North), Richard Grassby (1994). The English Gentleman in Trade: The Life and Works of Sir Dudley North, 1641-1691. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press,, 390 p.). North, Dudley, Sir, 1641-1691; Capitalists and financiers--Great Britain--Biography; Businesspeople--Great Britain--Biography; Economists--Great Britain--Biography; Great Britain--History--Stuarts, 1603-1714--Biography.

(Peabody), Muriel Emmie Hidy; with a new pref. (1979). George Peabody, Merchant and Financier : 1829-1854. (New York, NY: Arno Press, 398 p. [orig. pub. 1939]). Peabody, George, 1795-1869; Merchants--United States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

George Peabody (http://museum.unc.edu/static/artifacts/125-b-GeorgePeabody_web.jpg)

(Peabody), Franklin Parker; foreword by Merle Curti (1995). George Peabody, A Biography. (Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 278 p. [rev. ed.]). Peabody, George 1795-1869; Philanthropists--United States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

(Peabody), Robert Van Riper (2000). A Life Divided: George Peabody, Pivotal Figure in Anglo-American Finance, Philanthropy and Diplomacy. (Philadelphia PA: Xlibris Corp., 254 p.). Peabody, George, 1795-1869; Philanthropists--United States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

(Rockefeller), John D. Rockefeller (1909). Random Reminiscences of Men and Events. (New York, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 124 p.). Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937; Standard Oil Company; Charity; Capitalists and financiers--United States. 

John D. Rockefeller (http://centennial.rockefellerfoundation.org/page/-/centennial/images/user_uploads/innovations/01-1913.jpg?nocdn=1) May 24, 1937 Obituary: http://www.nytimes. com/ learning/ general/onthisday/bday/0708.html

(Rockefeller), John K. Winkler (1929). John D.; A Portrait in Oils. (New York, NY: Vanguard Press, 256 p.). Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937; Standard Oil Company.

(Rockefeller), John T. Flynn (1932). God's Gold; The Story of Rockefeller and His Times. (New York, NY: Harcourt Brace, 520 p.). Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937; Standard Oil Company.

(Rockefeller), Barnie F. Winkelman (1937). John D. Rockefeller; the Authentic and Dramatic Story of the World’s Greatest Money Maker and Money Giver. (Philadelphia, PA: Universal Book and Bible house, 310 p.). Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937.

(Rockefeller), Allan Nevins (1941). John D. Rockefeller: The Heroic Age of American Enterprise. (New York, NY: Scribner, 2 Vols.). Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937.

(Rockefeller), William Manchester (1959). A Rockefeller Family Portrait, from John D. to Nelson. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 184 p.). Rockefeller family.

(Rockefeller), Jules Abels (1965). The Rockefeller Billions; The Story of the World's Most Stupendous Fortune. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 386 p.). Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937.

(Rockefeller), Grace Goulder Izant (1972). John D. Rockefeller; the Cleveland Years. (Cleveland, OH: Western Reserve Historical Society, 271 p.). Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937. Western Reserve Historical Society, publication.

(Rockefeller), Ferdinand Lundberg (1975). The Rockefeller Syndrome. (Seacaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, 404 p.). Rockefeller family; Capitalists and financiers--United States.

(Rockefeller), Alvin Moscow (1977). The Rockefeller Inheritance. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 462 p.). Rockefeller family; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

(Rockefeller), David Freeman Hawke (1980). John D.: The Founding Father of the Rockefellers. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 260 p.). Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Petroleum industry and trade--United States.

(Rockefeller), John Ensor Harr and Peter J. Johnson (1988). The Rockefeller Century. (New York, NY: Scribner, 621 p.). Rockefeller family; United States--Biography.

(Rockefeller), Peter Collier and David Horowitz (1989). The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty. (New York, NY: Summit Books, 746 p.). Rockefeller Family.

(Rockefeller), Allan Nevins with a foreword by Robert Bezilla (1989). Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller, Industrialist and Philanthropist. (Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2 vols. [orig. pub. 1953]). Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937; Philanthropists--United States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

(Rockefeller), John Ensor Harr and Peter J. Johnson (1991). The Rockefeller Conscience: An American Family in Public and in Private. (New York, NY: Scribner, 624 p.). Rockefeller family; United States--Biography.

(Rockefeller), Clarice Stasz (1995). The Rockefeller Women: Dynasty of Piety, Privacy, and Service. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 380 p.). Rockefeller family; Women--United States--Biography; Upper class families--United States--Biography; United States--Social life and customs--20th century.

(Rockefeller), Ron Chernow (1998). Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (New York, NY: Random House, 774 p.). Social Historian. Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography; Industrialists--United States--Biography; Philanthropists--United States--Biography.

(Rockefeller), Suzanne Loebl (2010). America's Medicis: The Rockefellers and Their Astonishing Cultural Legacy. (New York, NY: Harper 448 p.). Rockefeller family -- history; Rockefeller - art world. Family at center of 20th-century American art world; Rockefellers' artistic philanthropies; provided money, artworks, devoted themselves to causes they believed in (helped define, direct America's artistic tastes); taught America that art does not belong to rarefied elite, can be enjoyed, understood by all; founded MoMA, Colonial Williamsburg, Cloisters, Riverside Church, Asia Society; commissioned distinguished artworks for Rockefeller Center.

SEE ALSO: Oil

(Rothschild), Count Egon Caesar Corti, translated from the German by Brian and Beatrix Lunn (1928). The Rise of the House of Rothschild. (New York, NY: Cosmopolitan, 432 p.). Rothschild family; Europe--Politics and government--1789-1900. Importance of influence of Rothschild family on politics of period, 1770-1830, in Europe and throughout world.

(Rothschild), Count Egon Caesar Corti, translated from the German by Brian and Beatrix Lunn (1928). The Reign of the House of Rothschild,1830-1871. (New York, NY: Cosmopolitan, 457 p.). Rothschild family; Europe--Politics and government--1815-1871. House of Rothschild, as revealed by relevant documents from 1830 to peace that concluded Franco-Prussian War (1871).

(Rothschild), Frederic Morton (1962). The Rothschilds; A Family Portrait. (New York, NY: Atheneum, 305 p.). Rothschild family; Bankers--Europe--Biography.

(Rothschild), Virginia Cowles (1973). The Rothschilds: A Family of Fortune. (New York, NY: Knopf, 304 p.). Rothschild family.

(Rothschild), Derek A. Wilson (1988). Rothschild: The Wealth and Power of a Dynasty. (New York, NY: Scribner, 490 p.). Rothschild family; Bankers--Europe--Biography; Businesspeople--Europe--Biography; Europe--Politics and government--1789-1900.

(Rothschild), Louis Bergeron (1991). Les Rothschild et les Autres: La Gloire des Banquiers. (Paris, FR: Perrin, 201 p.). Rothschild family--History; Bankers--France--Paris--Biography; Bankers--Europe--Biography; Banks and banking--Europe--History.

(Rothschild), Amos Elon (1996). Founder: A Portrait of the First Rothschild and His Time. (New York, NY: Viking, 208 p.). Rothschild, Meyer Amschel,--1744-1812; Jewish bankers--Germany--Biography; Bankers--Germany--Biography; Jews--Germany--Biography; Jews--Germany--History--18th century; Germany--Economic conditions--18th century. 

(Rothschild), George Ireland (2007). Plutocrats: A Rothschild Inheritance. (London, UK: John Murray, 448 p.). Rothschild family; Bankers--Europe--Biography; Businesspeople--Europe--Biography; Europe--Politics and government--1789-1900. First biography of four sons of Nathan Rothschild - Lionel, Anthony, Nathaniel and Mayer; triumph over prejudice, bigotry to become first Jews accepted into upper echelons of English and European society. 

(Rupert), W.P. Esterhuyse ; [translated by E.P. Hees] (1986). Anton Rupert: Advocate of Hope. (Cape Town, SA: Tafelberg. Rupert, Anton; Industrialists--South Africa--Biography; Social ethics.

Anton Rupert - South Africa (http://www.hawesko.de/hw2/c/img/0707D21AAAC7D800F600. jpg)

(Rupert), Ebbe Dommisse with the cooperation of Willie Esterhuyse (2005). Anton Rupert A Biography. (Cape Town, SA: Tafelberg, 463 p.). Rupert, Anton; Industrialists--South Africa--Biography. South Africa's most successful entrepreneur.

(Spreckels), H. Austin Adams (1924). The Man, John D. Spreckels. (San Diego, CA: Press of Frye & Smith, 315 p.). Spreckels, John Diedrich, b. 1853; Businesspeople--United States--Biography. 

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John D. Spreckels - father of San Diego (http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/spreckels/ images/spreckels2.jpg)

(Vanderbilt), Arthur D. Howden Smith (1927). Commodore Vanderbilt; An Epic of American Achievement. (New York, NY: R.M. McBride & Company, 339 p.). Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877.

Cornelius Vanderbilt  (http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vumcpub/showImage.php?imgID=1585&TID=1167164674)

(Vanderbilt), Wayne Andrews (1941). The Vanderbilt Legend; The Story of the Vanderbilt Family, 1794-1940. (New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace, 454 p.). Vanderbilt family (Jan Aertsen Van der Bilt, fl. 1650); Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877.

(Vanderbilt), Wheaton J. Lane (1942). Commodore Vanderbilt; An Epic of the Steam Age. (New York, NY: Knopf, 357 p.). Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877.

(Vanderbilt), Edwin P. Hoyt, Jr. (1962). The Vanderbilts and Their Fortune. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 434 p.). Vanderbilt Family.

(Vanderbilt), Edwin P. Hoyt (1962). Commodore Vanderbilt. (Chicago, IL: Reilly & Lee Co., 166 p.). Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877.

(Vanderbilt), William A. Croffut (1975). The Vanderbilts and the Story of Their Fortune. (New York, NY: Arno Press, 310 p. [reprint of 1886 ed.]). Vanderbilt family; Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877.

(Vanderbilt), Louis Auchincloss (1989). The Vanderbilt Era: Profiles of a Gilded Age. (New York, NY: Scribner, 214 p.). Vanderbilt family; Upper class--New York (State)--New York--Biography; New York (N.Y.)--Biography; United States--Social life and customs--1865-1918; New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life--19th century.

(Vanderbilt), Arthur T. Vanderbilt II (1989). Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt. (New York, NY: Morrow, 496 p.). Vanderbilt family; Upper class--United States--Biography; Wealth--United States--History; United States--Biography.

(Vanderbilt), Clarice Stasz (1991). The Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour, and Tragedy. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 449 p.). Vanderbilt family; Women--United States--Biography; Upper class families--United States--Biography; United States--Social life and customs--20th century.

(Vanderbilt), Stephen Dando-Collins (2008). Tycoon’s War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America’s Most Famous Military Adventurer. (Philadelphia, PA: Da Capo Press, 400 p.). Australian-born historian. Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877; Walker, William, 1824-1860; Compania Accesoria del Transito --History; Businessmen --United States --Biography; Filibusters --Nicaragua --Biography; Nicaragua --History --Filibuster War, 1855-1860; United States --Military relations --Nicaragua; Nicaragua --Military relations --United States; Nicaragua Canal (Nicaragua) --History; United States --Foreign relations --1815-1861. 1856 - William Walker, young man from Nashville, set out to conquer Central America, take away Vanderbilt’s most profitable shipping business; Vanderbilt waged bloody war involving seven countries, deaths of thousands of Americans.

(Vanderbilt), T, J. Stiles (2009). The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt. (New York, NY: Knopf, 736 p.). Has held Gilder Lehrman Fellowship in American History at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers (New York Public Library), taught at Columbia University, and served as adviser for the PBS series. Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877; Businessmen --United States --Biography; Millionaires --United States --Biography; Railroads --United States --History --19th century; Steamboats --United States --History --19th century. Founder of dynasty, builder of original Grand Central, creator of vast fortune, American icon; rose from boatman to builder of nation’s largest fleet of steamships to lord of railroad empire; helped to launch transportation revolution, propel Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, invent modern corporation; did more than perhaps any other individual to create economic world we live in today.

(Villard), Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave and John Cullen (2001). Villard: The Life and Times of an American Titan. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 414 p.). Villard, Henry, 1835-1900; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography; Journalists--United States--Biography; Railroads--United States--History--19th century.

(Warburg), David Farrer (1975). The Warburgs: The Story of a Family. (New York, NY: Stein ans Day, 255 p.). Warburg family.

(Warburg), Ron Chernow (1993). The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family. (New York, NY: Random House, 820 p.). Warburg family; Jewish bankers--Biography; Jews--Germany--Biography; Jews--United States--Biography.

(Whitney), Edwin P. Hoyt (1976). The Whitneys: An Informal Portrait, 1635-1975. (New York, NY: Weybright and Talley, 280 p.). Whitney family; United States--Genealogy.

(Whitney), W. A. Swanberg (1980). Whitney Father, Whitney Heiress: Two Generations of America's Richest Families. (New York, NY: Scribner, 518 p.). Whitney family.

(Whitney), E.J. Kahn, Jr. (1981). Jock, The Life and Times of John Hay Whitney. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 339 p.). Whitney, John Hay; Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography; Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography; Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.

Lawrence A. Armour with a foreword by James J. Ling (1973). The Young Millionaires. (Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, 264 p.). Millionaires; Capitalists and financiers--United States.

Linda Blandford (1977). Super-Wealth: The Secret Lives of the Oil Sheikhs. (New York, NY: Morrow, 319 p.). Wealth--Arab countries; Capitalists and financiers--Arab countries; Millionaires.

Michael Bliss (1978). A Canadian Mllionaire: The Life and Business Times of Sir Joseph Flavelle, Bart., 1858-1939. (Toronto, ON: Macmillan of Canada, 562 p.). Flavelle, Joseph Wesley, Sir, bart., 1858-1939; Businesspeople--Canada--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--Canada--Biography; Big business--Canada--History.

Ed. Thomas B. Brewer (1970). The Robber Barons: Saints or Sinners? (New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 105 p.). Capitalists and financiers--United States--History; Industries--United States--History.

Cindy Yik-yi Chu (2010). Chinese Communists and Hong Kong Capitalists: 1937-1997. (New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 196 p.). rofessor of History (Hong Kong Baptist University). Communists --China --History --20th century; Capitalists and financiers --China --Hong Kong --History --20th century; Businessmen --China --Hong Kong --History --20th century; Elite (Social sciences) --China --Hong Kong --History --20th century; Constitutional law --China --Hong Kong --History --20th century; China --Relations --China --Hong Kong; Hong Kong (China) --Relations --China; China --Foreign relations --20th century; Hong Kong (China) --Economic conditions --20th century; Hong Kong (China) --History --Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997. Six decades of united front between Chinese Communists, Hong Kong upper-class capitalists.

Parks M. Coble (1986). The Shanghai Capitalists and the Nationalist Government, 1927-1937. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 357 p. [2nd ed.]). Business and politics--China; Capitalists and financiers--China--Shanghai; China--Politics and government--1912-1949.

--- (2003). Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order: The Occupied Lower Yangzi, 1937-1945. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 296 p.). Professor of History (University of Nebraska). Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945--Economic aspects--China--Shanghai; Shanghai (China)--Economic conditions; Shanghai (China)--Politics and government; China--Foreign relations--Japan; Japan--Foreign relations--China. Dynamics of World War II and of Chinese business culture. 

Harish Damodaran; with a foreword by Nandan Nilekani (2008). India’s New Capitalists: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation. (Ranikhet, India: Permanent Black in association with The New India Foundation, 341 p.). Reporter and Editorial Analyst with the Press Trust of India and the Hindu Business Line. Businesspeople --India --History --20th century; Capitalism --India --History --20th century; Caste --India --History --20th century.. Modern-day evolution of business communities in India, social history to document, understand India's new entrepreneurial groups.

Wyn Derbyshire (2008). Six Tycoons: The Lives of John Jacob Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford and Joseph P. Kennedy. (London, UK: Spiramus Press, 251 p.). Partner, Pensions Group. SJ Berwin LLP. Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.

B.C. Forbes (1921). Men Who Are Making America. (New York, NY: B.C. Forbes Publishing Co., 442 p.). Capitalists and financiers--United States.; United States--Biography.

Andrea Gabor (2000). The Capitalist Philosophers: The Geniuses of Modern Business, Their Lives, Times and Ideas. (New York, NY: Times Books, 384 p.). Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 1853-1929 --Influence; Roethlisberger, F. J. (Fritz Jules), 1898-1974 --Influence; Mayo, Elton, 1880-1949 --Influence; Industrial management--United States--History; Scientific management--United States--History; Corporations--United States--History--20th century; Industrial sociologists--United States--Biography; Industrial psychologists--United States--Biography. 

John N. Ingham (1978). The Iron Barons: A Social Analysis of an American Urban Elite, 1874-1965. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 242 p.). Steel industry and trade--United States--History; Social classes--United States--History.

Matthew Josephson (1934). The Robber Barons; The Great American Capitalists, 1861-1901. (New York, NY: Harcourt Brace, 474 p.). Capitalists and financiers--United States; Industries--United States--History; Railroads--United States--History.

Eds. Wall Street Journal (1980). American Dynasties Today. (Homewood, IL: Dow Jones-Irwin, 281 p.). Businessmen -- United States -- Biography; Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.

Riz Khan (2005). Alwaleed: Businessman, Billionaire, Prince. (New York, NY: William Morrow, 432 p.). Formerly of CNN International. Wal¯id ibn Tal¯al, Prince, grandson of Ibn Sa`¯ud, King of Saudi Arabia; Businessmen--Saudi Arabia--Biography; Billionaires--Saudi Arabia--Biography. Global financial powerbroker.

Edward C. Kirkland (1990). Dream and Thought in the Business Community, 1860-1900. (Chicago, IL: Ivan R, Dee, 175 p. [orig. pub. 1956]). Capitalists and financiers--United States--History--19th century; Industries--United States--History--19th century; Railroads--United States--History--19th century.

Paul Klebnikov (2000). Godfather of the Kremlin: Boris Berezovsky and the Looting of Russia. (New York, NY: Harcourt, 400 p.). Berezovskii, B. A. (Boris Abramovich), 1946- ; Businessmen--Russia (Federation)--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--Russia (Federation)--Biography; Russia (Federation)--Economic conditions--1991-. 

Ferdinand Lundberg (1960). America's 60 Families. (New York, NY: Citadel Press, 578 p. [orig. pub. 1938]). Capitalists and financiers--United States; Finance--United States.

H. L. Malchow (1992). Gentlemen Capitalists: The Social and Political World of the Victorian Businessmen. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 423 p.). Businesspeople--Great Britain--Biography; Industrialists--Great Britain--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--Great Britain--Biography.; Industries--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Donna McDonald (2002). Lord Strathcona: A Biography of Donald Alexander Smith. (Tonawanda, NY: Dundurn Press, 600 p.). Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, Baron, 1820-1914; Hudson's Bay Company--Biography; Canadian Pacific Railway Company--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--Canada--Biography; Canada--History--1841-1867--Biography; Canada--History--1867-1914--Biography; Canada--Officials and employees--Biography.  

Howard Means; with a foreword by David Grubin (2001). Money & Power: The History of Business. (New York, NY: Wiley, 274 p.). Capitalists and financiers--Biography; Power (Social sciences)--Case studies. Companion volume to the CNBC documentary, Money & power.

Arthur Pound (1936). Industrial America, Its Way of Work and Thought. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 234 p.). Capitalists and financiers--United States; United States--Industries--History. Notes: A study of the operations and policies of twelve large American corporations.

Anna Rochester (1936). Rulers of America; A Study of Finance Capital. (New York, NY: International Publishers, 367 p.). Capitalists and financiers--United States; Capitalism; United States--Industries--History.

Yves Rochcongar; preface de Jean-Pierre Machelon (2003). Capitaines d’Industrie a Nantes au XIXe Siecle. (Nantes, FR: Memo: Association e+pi, 335 p.). Industrialists--France--Nantes--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--France--Nantes--Biography; Industries--France--Nantes--History.

William G. Scheller (2002). Barons of Business: Their Lives and Lifestyles. (Westport, CT: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 240 p.). Contributing Editor for Islands Magazine; Publisher (Jasper Heights Press). Industrialists; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography. 

Joseph Schull (1979). The Great Scot: A Biography of Donald Gordon. (Montreal, QU: McGill-Queen's University Press, 291 p.). Gordon, Donald, 1901-1969; Capitalists and financiers--Canada--Biography. 

Laurence Shore (1986). Southern Capitalists: The Ideological Leadership of an Elite, 1832-1885. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 282 p.). Slavery --Southern States; Capitalists and financiers --Southern States --History --19th century; Southern States --Economic conditions; Southern States --History --1775-1865; Southern States --History --1865-1877.

Arthur D. Howden Smith (1936). Men Who Run America; A Study of the Capitalistic System and Its Trends Based on Thirty Case Histories. (Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 361 p.). Capitalists and financiers--United States; Capitalism.

Roy C. Smith (2001). The Wealth Creators: The Rise of Today's New Rich and Super-Rich. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 358 p.). Professor of Finance (NYU). Wealth--United States; Rich people--United States. 

George David Smith and Frederick Dalzell (2000). Wisdom from the Robber Barons: Enduring Business Lessons from Rockefeller, Morgan, and the First Industrialists. (Cambridge, MA: Perseus Pub., 137 p.). Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937 --Quotations; Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913 --Quotations; Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 --Quotations; Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 --Quotations; Capitalists and financiers--United States; Business--Quotations, maxims, etc.; Industrialists--United States.

Joe Studwell (2007). Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. (New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 352 p.). Capitalists -- Asia; Capitalists and financiers--Asia; Capitalism. How small group of very wealthy businessmen controls economies of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines: 1) Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing; 2) Robert Kuok; 3) Hong Kong; Dhanin Chearavanont.

F.W. Taussig and C.S. Joslyn (1932). American Business Leaders; A Study in Social Origins and Social Stratification. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 319 p.). Capitalists and financiers -- United States; Business; Capitalists and financiers.

John W. Tebbel (1962). The Inheritors; A Study of America's Great Fortunes and What Happened to Them. (New York, NY: Putnam, 310 p.). Capitalists and Financiers, Millionaires.

Andrew Tobias (1997). My Vast Fortune: The Money Adventures of a Quixotic Capitalist. (New York, NY: Random House, 207 p.). Tobias, Andrew P.; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

Martin Vander Weyer, with an introduction by Hugh Massingberd (2006). Closing Balances: Business Obituaries from the Daily Telegraph. (London, UK: Aurum Press Ltd., 372 p.). Business Editor of the Spectator. Capitalists -- obituaries. Some one hundred individuals who died over past twenty years; some were household names, others little known to public but profoundly influential in their worlds.

Nicholas von Hoffman (1992). Capitalist Fools: Tales of American Business, from Carnegie to Forbes to the Milken Gang. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 313 p.). Capitalists and financiers--United States--History; Executives--United States--History; Capitalism--United States--History; Chief executive officers--United States--History. 

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