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John Jacob Astor

1763 - 1848

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John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German-born American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor. Astor made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by exporting opium into the Chinese Empire, and by investing in real estate in or around New York City during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the United States. Born in Germany, Astor immigrated to England as a teenager and worked as a musical instrument manufacturer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Jacob Astor is the 218th most popular businessperson (up from 219th in 2019), the 1,957th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,089th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, John Jacob Astor ranks 218 out of 847. Before him are Morris Chang, John Langenus, Franz Josef Popp, Rebiya Kadeer, Maurice de Hirsch, and Stockton Rush. After him are Joe Weider, Tomáš Baťa, Vincenzo Lancia, Giulia Tofana, Arthur D. Levinson, and Axel Springer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, John Jacob Astor ranks 21. Before him are Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Franz Danzi, Joseph Fesch, Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden, Simon Mayr, and Étienne Méhul. After him are Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano, François-Joseph Talma, Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and François de Charette. Among people deceased in 1848, John Jacob Astor ranks 23. Before him are William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Joseph Mohr, James Dunlop, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, and Thomas Cole. After him are Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Frederick Marryat, Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, Horace Wells, and Georg August Goldfuss.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John Jacob Astor ranks 1,957 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1785), Julius Dorpmüller (1869), Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1612), Clemens Winkler (1838), Theo Jörgensmann (1948), and Govert Flinck (1615). After him are Manfred Kaltz (1953), Liudolf, Duke of Swabia (930), Margaret Sambiria (1230), Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach (1721), Heinrich von Treitschke (1834), and Eric Voegelin (1901).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, John Jacob Astor ranks 23. Before him are Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773), James Mayer de Rothschild (1792), Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774), Peter Thiel (1967), Melitta Bentz (1873), and Maurice de Hirsch (1831). After him are Axel Springer (1912), Dieter Schwarz (1939), Carl Laemmle (1867), Karl Baedeker (1801), Hans Wilsdorf (1881), and Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854).

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