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A towering figure that held no crown, nor office nor led armies, yet his handling of wealth brought him influence and contributed in changin...

Kings and Prime Ministers sought his advice and bow to him for loans and investments. Vast lengths of railroads and landscapes transformed b...

Henry Ford One of the icons of American business and automobile industry. He revolutionize the manufacturing of cars, bringing it to t...

Yasuda Zenjiro Founded the Yasuda Zaibatsu, he came from a poor background but rose to prominence in the financial world from his mone...

Suruga Street with Echigoya in the left (Today: the Right side is occupied by the Mitsui Main Building) Japan faced an economic transf...

The 18th century saw a boom in the oil industry. The United States dominated the industry with its leading company, Standard Oil. But it...

Gustavus Swift The industrial revolution in the United States became home of some of the greatest innovation that made the modern worl...

William Wrigley, Jr. William Wrigley, Jr. (September 30, 1861 – January 26, 1932) owned the biggest gum manufacturing company in the ...

An industrial revolution allowed the United States to propel itself to the top of the world. It owed it much to the ingenuity and skills o...

Henry Heinz Condiments help us to enjoy our food more. It allows us to personalize our food, suiting our snacks to our personal taste...

Eli Whitney He is better known as one of the greatest inventors of the United States of America. His invention change the economy of a...

Cyrus McCormick When a country becomes industrialized, there is a tendency that the population will grow. That happened to many countr...

William Henry Vanderbilt The life of Cornelius Vanderbilt was filled with cut throat competition. A man of extraordinary energy, he ...

Andrew Mellon J.P. Morgan was not alone in having a keen eye for investments. Morgan, a financier with powerful influence and enorm...

Charles M. Schwab One of the most desired resources during the Industrial Revolution was steel. Most countries that wanted to become i...

James B. Duke Cigarettes are vices for some, but a necessity for others. Regardless, some business profit from cigarettes, especially...

Mao proclaiming the foundation of the People's Republic of China The death of Mao Zedong brought waves of changes to Communist Chi...

John Warne Gates Barbed wire is a small tool that changes the world. It changed how ranchers grew their livestock. It’s a tool used t...

Rodolphe Lindt In the 19th century, the tiny land lock country of Switzerland became the center of development for chocolate producti...

John Cadbury Besides Milton Hershey, there were already numerous chocolatiers that began manufacturing in Europe. The French, the Dutc...