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J. P. Morgan

1837 - 1913

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John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known as JPMorgan Chase & Co., he was a driving force behind the wave of industrial consolidations in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. Over the course of his career on Wall Street, Morgan spearheaded the formation of several prominent multinational corporations including U.S. Steel, International Harvester, and General Electric. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. J. P. Morgan is the 51st most popular businessperson (down from 34th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from United States (down from 315th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Businessperson.

J.P. Morgan was an American financier and banker who founded the company that later became J.P. Morgan Chase. He was responsible for organizing the 1901 merger of the Carnegie Steel Company and other steel and railroad companies to form U.S. Steel. He also helped to form the United States Steel Corporation, which was the world's first billion-dollar corporation. He was also a key player in the formation of the Federal Reserve System.

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Among businesspeople, J. P. Morgan ranks 51 out of 847. Before him are Philip Kotler, David Rockefeller, Melinda Gates, Adolf Dassler, João Havelange, and Joan Gamper. After him are Andrew Carnegie, Aga Khan IV, Levi Strauss, Hugh Hefner, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, and Ettore Bugatti.

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Among people born in 1837, J. P. Morgan ranks 9. Before him are Alois Hitler, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Grover Cleveland, Fredrik Bajer, Wild Bill Hickok, and Mily Balakirev. After him are Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Yohannes IV, Cosima Wagner, Pedro V of Portugal, and Adam Opel. Among people deceased in 1913, J. P. Morgan ranks 6. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure, Rudolf Diesel, Menelik II, Alfred Russel Wallace, and George I of Greece. After him are Harriet Tubman, Tobias Asser, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Lesya Ukrainka, Blanche Monnier, and Alfred von Schlieffen.

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Among people born in United States, J. P. Morgan ranks 516 out of 20,380. Before him are Katherine Johnson (1918), John Lithgow (1945), Marsha Hunt (1917), Ice Cube (1969), Christopher Walken (1943), and Nicole Kidman (1967). After him are James Hong (1929), Robert Taylor (1911), Talcott Parsons (1902), Stanford Moore (1913), Romina Power (1951), and Joseph Stiglitz (1943).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, J. P. Morgan ranks 24. Before him are Colonel Sanders (1890), Robert Kiyosaki (1947), John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874), Philip Kotler (1931), David Rockefeller (1915), and Melinda Gates (1964). After him are Hugh Hefner (1926), Larry Ellison (1944), Donald Trump Jr. (1977), King C. Gillette (1855), Bill Hewlett (1913), and J. Paul Getty (1892).

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