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J.P. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan was born on April 17, 1837 in Hartford, Connecticut; his family was a distinguished and wealthy New England family, so he had a head start on accumulating wealth because great success was role modeled for him as he grew up. For example, one of his maternal relatives, named James Pierpont (1659-1714), was a founder of Yale University, according to History.com. His grandfather on his father's side was a founder of Aetna Insurance Company, and his father, who was his principal role model, was a partner in a London-based banking company specializing in merchant investments and holdings. His father, Junius Spencer Morgan, also had a successful dry goods company in Hartford, Connecticut (History.com). 'J.P. Morgan went on to become fabulously wealthy and powerful; this paper explains how he did it and points to the powerful influence he had over America during his life.
J.P. Morgan's Life and Times
J.P. Morgan graduated from a Boston high school in 1854 and was sent to Europe to study; while there, he learned French and German. He returned to New York three years later and began...
Soon J.P. Morgan joined his father's company -- Dabney, Morgan and Company (1864-1871) -- and then in 1871 J.P. Morgan joined as a partner in the New York City firm of Drexel, Morgan and Company, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
Drexel, Morgan and Company was known at that time as the "predominant source of U.S. government financing," and because of its success, J.P. Morgan reorganized the Drexel firm into J.P. Morgan and Company in 1895 (www.britannica.com). Known at that time as among the most powerful banking firms worldwide -- which came to pass as the Industrial Revolution was in full swing -- J.P. Morgan was able to help provide funds for America's industrial corporations with money that he obtained from banks in England (www.britannica). This was his initial dip into the well of international banking; later he went on to establish an enormous banking presence around the world (Japan, China, and elsewhere). Today J.P. Morgan Chase operates financial institutions in 60…
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