John Pierpont “J.P.” Morgan

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Info: John Pierpont Morgan Sr. was an American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation in late 19th and early 20th Century United States. In 1892, Morgan arranged the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company to form General Electric. He was also instrumental in the creation of the United States Steel Corporation, International Harvester and AT&T. At the height of Morgan's career during the early 1900s, he and his partners had financial investments in many large corporations and had significant influence over the nation's high finance and United States Congress members. He directed the banking coalition that stopped the Panic of 1907. He was the leading financier of the Progressive Era, and his dedication to efficiency and modernization helped transform American business. Morgan has been described as America’s greatest banker. Morgan died in Rome, Italy, in his sleep in 1913 at the age of 75, leaving his fortune and business to his son, John Pierpont Morgan Jr. His fortune was estimated at "only" US$80 million, prompting John D. Rockefeller to say: "and to think, he wasn't even a rich man".

Sex: Male

Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery

Plot: Section 11, Lot 1

Memorial ID: 733.0

Date of birth: 17 Apr 1837

Date of death: 31 Mar 1913

Wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Morgan

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGDvFBJ2aKU

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