Discover the notorious industrialists and financiers who stopped at nothing to build huge fortunes.

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Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. A 185-acre equestrian estate in New York, once owned by industrialist Andrew Carnegie's only ...

Don’t let the name of New York’s Hallmark Farm fool you—the property isn’t a too-good-to-be-true offering, à la Hallmark movies. Instead, it’s a storybook equestrian estate just 90 minutes from ...

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ABSTRACT: Political activism by corporate leadership has been a component of many influential business titan’s activities for generations. During the 1800’s, referred to as the “Gilded Age”, many ...

The Gilded Age was a period of unprecedented industrial and economic growth in the United States – but were the men at the helm captains of industry or robber barons out for their own? Untold is a ...

This year, Zohran Mamdani made history as the youngest mayor elected in over a century to lead New York City, with more than 50 percent of the vote in the three-way race. Much of Mamdani’s success can ...

Jane Hoffman makes valid points in her comparison of the 19th-century robber barons and today’s tech titans (“The robber barons are back. Here’s what we should do about it,” Opinion, Jan. 3), but I ...

VINTON, Iowa (KCRG) - Nearly 100 libraries across Iowa share a unique connection to industrialist Andrew Carnegie, and a preservation project is working to keep their histories alive. Many people know ...