Cornelius Vanderbilt

Cornelius Vanderbilt

male, deceased (1877)
Nashville, Business person in shipping, Vanderbilt University, shipping, Indentured Servant, Business Person…Dutch American, Americanrailroadexecutive, American
Cornelius Vanderbilt I (May 27 1794 - January 4, 1877), also known by the sobriquets "The Commodore" or "Commodore Vanderbilt", was an American...
James J. Hill

James J. Hill

male, deceased (1916)
Canadian of Ulster-Scottish descent, Bourbon Democrat, Pre-Confederation Canadian business person, empire builder, midwest, chief executive officer…Great Northern Railroad, Americanrailroadexecutive
James Jerome Hill (September 16 1838 - May 29 1916), was a noted Canadian-American railroad executive. He was the chief executive officer of a...
Stuyvesant Fish

Stuyvesant Fish

male, deceased (1923)
Columbia University alumni, newport, Americanrailroadexecutive, Columbia College, Illinois Central Railroad, Columbia College of Columbia University
Stuyvesant Fish was president of the Illinois Central Railroad. Fish was born in New York City, the son of Hamilton Fish and his wife Julia Ursin...
Collis Potter Huntington

Collis Potter Huntington

male, deceased (1900)
Mark Hopkins, buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Central Pacific Railroad, American, transcontinental railroad, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx burials…Southern Pacific Railroad, Americanrailroadexecutive
Collis Potter Huntington (April 16 or October 22 1821-August 13 1900) was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford,...
Jay Gould

Jay Gould

male, deceased (1892)
buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Gould family, calvinist, union pacific railroad, American, Americanrailroadexecutive
Jason Gould (May 27, 1836 - December 2, 1892) was an American financier, who became a leading American railroad developer and speculator.
Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie

male, deceased (1919)
Businessman, Carnegie Steel Company, US Steel, Business Person, J.P. Morgan, American…Americanrailroadexecutive, American Civil War industrialist
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist, businessman, a major philanthropist, and the founder of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company...
E. H. Harriman

E. H. Harriman

male, deceased (1909)
from New York, Episcopal Church in the United States of America, union pacific railroad, pennsylvania railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, Wall Street…Americanrailroadexecutive, American
Edward Henry Harriman (February 20 1848 - September 9 1909), better known as E. H. Harriman, was a wealthy railroad executive. He was born on Long...
Leland Stanford

Leland Stanford

male, deceased (1893)
Stanford University founder, Stanford, politician, TYCOON, robber baron, Stanford University…Southern Pacific Railroad, American, Americanrailroadexecutive, Central Pacific Railroad
Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 - June 21, 1893) was an American tycoon, politician and founder of Stanford University. He was born in...
Daniel Drew

Daniel Drew

male, deceased (1879)
watered stock, selling the stock short, short selling, Financier, war of 1812, Erie Railroad…Harlem Railroad, Americanrailroadexecutive
Daniel Drew (July 29 1797 - September 18 1879) was an American financier. He was born in Carmel, New York. Drew was poorly educated. His father...
Henry Villard

Henry Villard

male, deceased (1900)
From Belleville, Illinois, from Rhineland-Palatinate, from Peoria, Illinois, from Chicago, tribune, German…Americanrailroadexecutive, American, american civil war, American newspaper publisher
Henry Villard (April 10 1835 - November 12, 1900) was an American journalist and financier of German origin.