Chiak47
27th March 2003, 17:44
Did you know Andrew Carnegie was the richest man in the world in his day.He started from nothing.Dirt poor.
Great story.
Here is a small excerpt about his life.
http://www.tartanday.gov.uk/carnegie.html
Born the son of a handloom weaver in Dunfermline his family emigrated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when he was aged 12. After working as a messenger boy, he got a job with the Pennsylvania Railroad and quickly saw that it was by making the steel to supply the new railways and city infrastructures that big money could be made. He opened the world's largest steel works and saw off the competition through a mixture of hard work and ruthlessness.
Here is the best part...
Having earned his fortune, Carnegie then turned his mind to putting it to good use. In 1900 he sold up his steel empire for $350 million, well over £100 billion in today's money. By the time of his death he had literally given away all but $5 million. He funded the establishment of 2,811 libraries in the US, Canada and the UK, and set up pension schemes for his former employees. He literally lived out his own philosophy, which saw inherited wealth as an impediment to the progress of future generations. "He who dies rich dies disgraced" he famously declared
He gave it all away...That goes against the leftist thinking that cappies dont care...Cappies are blah blah blah.
Good man...
Great story.
Here is a small excerpt about his life.
http://www.tartanday.gov.uk/carnegie.html
Born the son of a handloom weaver in Dunfermline his family emigrated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when he was aged 12. After working as a messenger boy, he got a job with the Pennsylvania Railroad and quickly saw that it was by making the steel to supply the new railways and city infrastructures that big money could be made. He opened the world's largest steel works and saw off the competition through a mixture of hard work and ruthlessness.
Here is the best part...
Having earned his fortune, Carnegie then turned his mind to putting it to good use. In 1900 he sold up his steel empire for $350 million, well over £100 billion in today's money. By the time of his death he had literally given away all but $5 million. He funded the establishment of 2,811 libraries in the US, Canada and the UK, and set up pension schemes for his former employees. He literally lived out his own philosophy, which saw inherited wealth as an impediment to the progress of future generations. "He who dies rich dies disgraced" he famously declared
He gave it all away...That goes against the leftist thinking that cappies dont care...Cappies are blah blah blah.
Good man...