The life of Carnegie, the American steel king

1835165438+1October 25th, andrew carnegie was born in Danfermline, an ancient Scottish capital.

1848, because life was too hard, Carnegie and his family came to new york Port on the east coast of the United States, and then moved to Pittsburgh. The beginning of immigrant life is also the beginning of his experience of making money.

1853, Scott, director of the western district of Pennsylvania Railroad Company, hired Carnegie as a private telegraph operator and secretary with a monthly salary of $35.

1859, Carnegie was promoted to the director of the company's western region, with an annual salary of 1500 USD.

1862, Carnegie and several friends established Keystone Bridge Company, and built the first iron bridge across the Ohio River.

1the end of the civil war in April 865 created a lot of opportunities. Carnegie submitted his resignation to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

1in April, 865, after Carnegie resigned, he went to Europe, visited the iron and steel research institute in London, bought the iron and steel patent invented by the Dodds brothers, and also bought the patent for coke washing and reduction. In the same year, Carnegie co-founded Carnegie Coleman United Steel Plant in Pennsylvania.

1873, American economic panic, Carnegie's partner Krugman's father-in-law and his brother sold shares to Carnegie; In the same year, he founded the Jie-Edgar Thomason Steel Plant.

188 1 year, Carnegie realized his childhood dream and founded Carnegie Brothers Company with his younger brother Tom, whose steel output accounts for 1/37 of that of the United States.

1888, andrew carnegie bought most of the shares of a steel mill, which was almost as big as his own, and several other steel mills near Pittsburgh. He merged all these companies into Carnegie Limited.

1890, Carnegie changed its name to Carnegie Steel Company, and its capital increased to 25 million dollars. He holds more than half of the shares in the company.

1892, Carnegie merged the Carnegie Brothers with two other companies and established Carnegie Steel Company named after itself.

1901February, Carnegie sold Carnegie Steel Company to Morgan for $500 million.

19 19 August 1 1, andrew carnegie died of bronchitis.

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Carnegie's career achievements:

/kloc-At the end of 0/9 and the beginning of the 20th century, Carnegie Steel Company has become the largest steel enterprise in the world. It has more than 20,000 employees and the most advanced equipment in the world. Its annual output exceeds the national steel production in Britain, with an annual income of 40 million US dollars.

190 1 year, the steel produced by Carnegie Steel Company has accounted for 25% of the total steel sales in the United States.

Charities:

190 1 year, Carnegie set up the steel workers' relief and pension fund with 5 million dollars to thank the employees who helped him succeed in his career. Then, in order to help those ambitious and even poor young people, he donated money to build 68 libraries in new york. The construction of this library took 16 years, and he donated120,000 dollars to build 3,500 libraries.

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