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Jay Gould

1836 - 1892

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Jason Gould (; May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who founded the Gould business dynasty. He is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. His sharp and often unscrupulous business practices made him one of the wealthiest men of the late nineteenth century. Gould was an unpopular figure during his life and remains controversial. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jay Gould is the 549th most popular businessperson (down from 537th in 2019), the 7,883rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,440th in 2019) and the 185th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Jay Gould ranks 549 out of 847. Before him are Arianna Huffington, Claire Williams, Andrew Planche, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Earl Tupper, and Bob Lazar. After him are Boris Hagelin, Salt Bae, Masaji Kiyokawa, Neil Aspinall, Lev Avnerovich Leviev, and Jamie Dimon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Jay Gould ranks 70. Before him are Robert Swinhoe, Bret Harte, Michał Elwiro Andriolli, John W. Foster, Émile Étienne Guimet, and Ferdinand Monoyer. After him are Emil Hartmann, Greene Vardiman Black, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Pablo Arosemena, and Adolf Schwarz. Among people deceased in 1892, Jay Gould ranks 75. Before him are Henri Duveyrier, Henry Edward Manning, Joaquín Jovellar y Soler, Amelia Edwards, Robert Franz, and Ernestine Rose. After him are Sereno Watson, Dimitrios Valvis, Johan Sverdrup, John Greenleaf Whittier, Georgi Valkovich, and Juana Manuela Gorriti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jay Gould ranks 7,885 out of 20,380. Before him are DeLisle Stewart (1870), Landon Donovan (1982), Irving Jaffee (1906), Abel P. Upshur (1790), Bob Weinstein (1954), and David R. Ellis (1952). After him are William Lombardy (1937), Marcus Hurley (1883), Kendra Wilkinson (1985), Robben Ford (1951), Larry O'Brien (1917), and Jamey Sheridan (1951).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Jay Gould ranks 185. Before him are Gene Haas (1952), Gilbert Kaplan (1941), Richard Hilton (1955), Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822), Earl Tupper (1907), and Bob Lazar (1959). After him are Jamie Dimon (1956), James Smith McDonnell (1899), Milton S. Hershey (1857), Chuck Feeney (1931), Jamie Hyneman (1956), and Susan Kare (1954).

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