Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland. He soon migrated to the United States as a child with his parents. His first job in the United States was working at a factory, which was called the Bobbin Factory. Later after working in the factory he became the bill logger for the owner of the company. Then he turned into a messanger boy. But then after all those jobs he progressed put into working in the telegraph company. He constructed Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which was later combined with Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company and a few smaller steel companies to create U.S. Steel. He made a huge profit from this business so he built Carnegie Hall. Later he took interest in philanthropy and education, soon founding Carnegie Corperation of New York, Carnegie Endowment of International Peace, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Carnegie Mellon University, and Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.
Carnegie took most of his profit and donated it to libraries, schools, universities in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and other countries as well. He is known as the second richest man in the whole world. Carnegie started out as a telegrapher and in the 1860's he had investments in railroads, bridges and oil derricks.
Most of his profit he earned in the steel industry. By the 1890's his company was titled the largest company and industrial enterprise in the world. He was also titled the "Captions of Industry." Later on he sold his company for $450 million in 1901 to JP Morgan. JP Morgan was the inventor of the U.S. Steel. Carnegie remained a philanthropy the remainder of his life. Carnegie died on August 11th, 1919 from pneumonia. Carnegie died with $30,000,000 and donated it to libraries, schools, etc.
Sources:
http://http://www.biography.com/people/andrew-carnegie-9238756
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie
http://http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/carnegie.htm
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