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Cornelius Vanderbilt . Cornelius Vanderbilt (* 27.Mai 1794 in Port Richmond auf Staten Island, heute zu New York City gehörig; † 4. Januar 1877 in New York City) war einer der erfolgreichsten und reichsten Unternehmer der Vereinigten Staaten und der Begründer der Vanderbilt-Familie.Der Name Vanderbilt steht zusammen mit den Namen Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller und J. P. Morgan für ...
14 de jul. de 2014 · Cornelius Vanderbilt II managed the railroads until his death in 1899. William Kissam Vanderbilt took over but retired soon after to concentrate on his yachts and thoroughbred horses, while ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt ( 27 mai 1794- 4 ianuarie 1877), cunoscut și sub numele de poreclă Commodore (Comandantul), a fost un industriaș american și filantrop care a făcut avere în transportul maritim și în industria feroviarǎ. El a fost patriarhul familiei Vanderbilt și unul dintre cei mai bogați americani din istorie. O universitate la care a donat 1 milion de dolari a fost denumită ...
In the autumn of 1885, Cornelius Vanderbilt II paid a little over $400,000 for a summer cottage in Newport, Rhode Island. The Queen Anne style house, built in 1878, was considered the “crown jewel” of Newport. It had been designed by the architectural firm of Peabody and Stearns for Pierre Lorillard IV, whose fortune came from the Lorillard Tobacco Company.
When William Henry Vanderbilt I was born on 8 May 1821, in Somerset, New Jersey, United States, his father, Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt I, was 26 and his mother, Sophia Johnson, was 26. He married Maria Louisa Kissam on 28 September 1841, in Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters.
Cornelius Vanderbilt II (27 novembre 1843 – 12 settembre 1899) è stato un imprenditore statunitense, membro della famiglia Vanderbilt. Fu il nipote preferito del Commodoro Cornelius Vanderbilt , che gli lasciò 5 milioni di dollari, ed il maggiore dei figli maschi di William Henry "Billy" Vanderbilt (che gli lasciò una cifra pari a quasi 70 milioni di dollari) e Maria Louisa Kissam.
Cornelius H. Vanderbilt II (11. november 1843 – 12. september 1899) oli Ameerika Ühendriikide seltskonnategelane, ettevõtja ja silmapaistva Vanderbilti perekonna liige. Ta oli William Henry Vanderbilti (kes pärandas talle umbes 70 miljonit dollarit) ja Maria Louisa Kissami vanim poeg, kommodoor Cornelius Vanderbilti (kes pärandas talle 5 miljonit dollarit) lemmiklapselaps.
