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J. P. Morgan
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J. P. Morgan

Entrepreneur · U.S. Steel · born April 17, 1837 · died 1913

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John Pierpont Morgan Sr. was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.

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  1. ~34Founded J.P. Morgan & Co.1871
  2. ~64Founded U.S. Steel1901

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