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Great Fortunes of Today Not Computed Under Nine Figures
A survey notes John D. Rockefeller as the wealth standard with an almoner estimate of 250 to 300 million dollars while others like Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Astor, Gould, and Harriman appear in similarly vast ranges. It traces inherited wealth, family fortunes, and notable sums, including Hetty Green, Anne Weightman Walker, and Rothschilds, amid a panorama of American and European magnates and their estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Carnegie Company
New Jersey
United States Steel Corporation
John Jacob II
William
Astor
John Jacob Astor
William Waldorf Astor
Ommoner Vandervut
William H. Vanderbilt
William K
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Childern
Russell Sage
Anne Weightman Walker
Anne Weightman
Walker
William Weightman
Philadelphia
Weightman
Hetty Green
Hetty Howland Robinson Green
Edward H. Green
Chemical National Bank
Edward Howland Robinson Green
Texas
Sylvia Green
Green
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Orient
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Northwest
Great Northern
Pacific Coast
Great Lakes
Northern Steamship Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
H. H. Rogers
E. H. Harriman
Morgan
Great Britain
Austria
Prussia
France
Italy
Russia
American
Europe
Duke of Portland
England
Welbeck Abbey
Sherwood Forest
London
Regent, Welbeck and
Wimpole Streets
Cavendish Square
Portland Road