Andrew+Carnegie



Was a Scottish immigrant that started out working as a telegraph clerk at 17, then secretary to head of Pennsylvania railroad, a broker on Wall St. selling railroad bonds, then became a millionaire in the steel manufacturing business. He started while in London, 1872, when he saw a new method of producing steel and returned to the states to build a steel plant that expanded to his million dollar company. Two years earlier, the construction of his Lucy Blast Furnace finished and became a supplier of iron for his steel mills. The furnace turned out 642 tons per week than the average of 38o. While working in as personal telegrapher, he figured out the next boom for the company; that lead him to make the Keystone Bridge co. He applied his managerial skills and innovation to his process, making the U.S surge ahead of its competition, England. Was willing to embrace the new and foreign technology; if mills weren't up to par, Carnegie would engage in "Creative distruction" and build state of the art facilities.

He was one of the few who actually made a fortune from nothing but an idea in his head, even among American; he was one of the most successful. It was surprising to see that he would go on trips to Europe while he left other people to run the plants. He didn't even care how his managers treated the workers and how they did it. He even sold his company to another industry giant at a dinner party one night, completely out of the blue. The only benefit from his empire is the steel that helped make the railroads and other structures that are still around today.