J. P. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan Sr. was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known as JPMorgan Chase & Co., he was a driving force behind the wave of industrial consolidations in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century.
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- Hartford
- Educated at
- University of GöttingenCheshire AcademyBoston English High School
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1837
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Birth1913
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