ANDREW CARNEGIE
1835–1919
Scottish-born Andrew Carnegie spearheaded the expansion of the US steel industry, adopting innovative processes and vertical integration to improve efficiency. He became one of the wealthiest Americans of his time and a leading philanthropist who encouraged other rich business leaders to give away their wealth.
Andrew Carnegie was determined to escape the poverty that forced his parents to emigrate from Dunfermline to the US when he was 13. In the US, his father still struggled to support the family, and Carnegie soon had to earn his own money. He started as a bobbin boy in a ...
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