T oward the end of the 19th century, J. Pierpont Morgan—the Gilded Age’s wolf of Wall Street—used some of his wealth to amass ...
John Pierpont Morgan was an American financier and industrial organizer during the Gilded Age. In 1885, America was years into a depression, and gold reserves were down more than 50%. Morgan ...
P. Morgan & Co. in total deposits, it has never lost the patrician air of leadership it gained virtually at its founding in 1862. It still does what the elder J. Pierpont Morgan called “only a ...
A new exhibition sheds light on Belle da Costa Greene, who built a world-class collection for the Morgan—against all odds. Belle da Costa Greene in the West Room of J. Pierpont Morgan’s ...
Morgan Hall was made possible by George F. Baker and is named in honor of his good friend and iconic figure in US business, John Pierpont Morgan. Completed in 1927, Morgan Hall was one of the original ...
Today, John Pierpont Morgan is remembered as one of the greatest bankers in American history. In his time, he was called the "Jupiter of Wall Street." He was born into the Morgan banking dynasty ...
Louisa was the daughter of John Pierpont Morgan, the most powerful figure in American finance and industry. J.P. Morgan arranged for a 75-foot extension, 50 feet wide and 2 stories tall to be ...
was the inaugural director of what was then the Pierpont Morgan Memorial Library. She presided over it for more than two decades. Apart from the library’s namesake, the financier J.P. Morgan ...
He singlehandedly saved the United States from bankruptcy on two occasions but was often accused of being a monopolist He wielded as much power as the president and turned Wall Street into his ...
Movie"Story of the 19thcentury power broker who once controlled 70 percent of all the steel and 60 percent of all stocks in America" ...