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John P. Morgan / John P. Morgan

John Pierpont Morgan I. (John Pierpont Morgan I) – American financier and industrial organizer, one of the most famous financial figures of the two decades before World War I. He organized several of the most important railways and merged the United States Steel, International Harvester and General Electric. Son of a famous financier, Junius Spencer Morgan (1813-90), John Pierpont was born 17 April 1837 G. Hartford, Connecticut, USA educated at Boston and the University of Göttingen. He started his career in 1857 year as an accountant at the New York banking firm Duncan, Sherman and Co ”, who was the American representative of the London firm "George Peabody & Co". IN 1861 Morgan became an agent for his father's banking company in New York. During the period 1864-71 years he was a member of the firm "Dabney, Morgan and Co. ”and c 1871 year he became a partner of the New York firm Drexel, Morgan and Co. ”, which soon became the dominant source of funding for the US government. This firm was reorganized as J.. P. Morgan and Co. 1895, And, largely due to Morgan's abilities, it has become one of the most powerful banking houses in the world.

Henry Cluse / Henry Clews

Henry Cluse was born in England in 1836 year, and in 1850 emigrated to the United States. Kluz started out as a clerk in a large importing company and only later moved into the financial business.. Close became a member of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the panic 1857 of the year, during which prices fell by about 50 Percent. “This crisis sounded like a funeral march for the old conservatism on Street, – wrote Kluz. – A younger race of financiers emerged, filling the places of the old conservative leaders ". For all his extravagance, Clouse was a value investor. He understood, that “at the heart of all this stormy mass of facts are the laws of nature; if we study them in relation to the objects they control, they (laws) will work the same way, like the rising of the sun ".

Henry Clews

Henri Clouzot was born in England in 1836, and in 1850 emigrated to the United States. Clouzot began as a clerk in a large company-importer, and only later moved into the financial sector business. Clouzot became a member of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the panic of 1857, during which prices have fallen about 50 percent. “This crisis has sounded a funeral march for the old conservatism in the” Street “- wrote Clouzot. – There was a young race of financiers, to fill the seats of the old conservative leaders. ” For all its extravagance Clouzot was an investor in the price. He realized that “in light of all this tumultuous mass of facts are the laws of nature if we study them for their control facilities, they (the laws) will be working exactly the same way as the rising sun.”

Bernard Baruch / Bernard Baruch

Bernard Mannis Baruch (Bernard Mannes Baruch) – American financier, speculator, as well as a politician and statesman. Bernard Baruch was born 19 august 1870 in Campden, South Carolina and was the second of four sons of Simon and Bell Baruch. His father, Simon Baruch (1840—1921), German immigrant of Jewish origin immigrated to the USA from Germany 1855. Physician by profession, during the civil war he served in the army of the southerners and was one of the founders of physiotherapy. IN 1881 his family moved to New York, where Bernard went to City College (City College of New York). After graduating from college, Bernard Baruch began working for Houseman and Company. (A. A. Housman and Company). Moving up the career ladder, he became a broker, and then partner A. A. Housman and Co., and seven years later he already owned an eighth of this brokerage house. The source of his income was part of the commission, received by him from each transaction of the client.

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