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(‘17 APRIL 1837’ – ‘31 MARCH 1913’)
“age 75”
“in his sleep”
(while vacationing in ‘rome’)
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-[john pierpont morgan] (senior) was an american ‘financier’ / ‘banker’ who dominated ‘corporate finance’ on ‘wall street’ throughout the [gilded age]-
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(as the head of the ‘banking firm’ that became known as *’JP morgan’ + company*, he played a central role in the wave of ‘industrial consolidation’ during the ‘late 1800s’ – ‘early 1900s’)
(in ‘1892’, ‘morgan’ arranged the merger of ‘edison general electric’ + ‘thomson-houston electric company’ to form ‘general electric’)
(he also played important roles in the formation of the ‘united states steel corporation’, ‘international harvester’, + ‘AT&T’)
(at the height of morgan’s career during the ‘early 1900s’, he and his partners had ‘financial investments’ in many large ‘corporations’, + had significant influence over the nation’s ‘high finance’ + ‘united states congress’ members)
(he directed the ‘banking coalition’ that stopped the ‘panic of 1907’)
(he was the leading ‘financier’ of the ‘progressive era’, and his dedication to ‘efficiency’ + ‘modernization’ helped transform ‘american business’)
(‘adrian wooldridge’ characterized ‘morgan’ as america’s “greatest banker”)
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*31 MARCH 1913*
(‘morgan’ died in ‘rome’ (/ ‘italy’) in his sleep)
(‘age 75’)
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(he left his ‘fortune’ + ‘business’ to his ‘son’ (/ ‘namesake’…)
“john pierpont morgan’
(junior”)
(“the 2nd”)
(his father is “#1” / “senior”)
(dd he once again name his (firstborn) son after himself?)
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(biographer ‘ron chernow’ estimated his fortune at (only) ‘$118 million’…)
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(of which approximately ‘$50 million’ was attributed to his vast ‘art collection’)
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“and to think…he wasn’t even a ‘rich man’…”
john D rockefeller
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥