How Wealthy Are They?

• A few of the wealthiest Americans of all time

What Do You Think?

• Robber Barons? or • Captains of Industry?

#21• Henry Clay Frick• Steel/Coke• $225 Million• Today’s Value: • 22.4 Billion

#20• Jeff Bezos (age: 48)• Amazon.com• $23.2 Billion

#19• Michael Bloomberg (age: 70)

• Investment• $25 Billion

#18• J.P. Morgan 1837-1913• Finance• $119 Million • Today’s Value: • $25 Billion

#14, 15, 16, 17• Sam Walton’s Four Kids

• Wal-Mart Stores• $26.1 – 27.9 Billion Each

#13• David Koch (age: 72)• Investment• $31 Billion

#12• Charles Koch (age: 76)• Investment• $31 Billion

#11• Larry Ellison (age: 68)• Oracle• $41 Billion

#10• Warren Buffet 1930- (age: 82)

• Investment• $46 Billion

#9• Marshall Field 1834-1906• Department Stores• $140 million• Today’s Value:• $66 Billion

#8• Bill Gates 1955- (age: 56)• Computer Software• $66 Billion

#7• Stephen Van Rensselaer III-- 1764-1839

• Property (owned much of NY state)• Today’s Value: $68 Billion

#6• Jay Gould 1836-1892• Railroads• $81 Million• Today’s Value: $71 Billion

#5• John Jacob Astor 1763-1848• Fur trade, real estate• $20 million• Today’s Value:• $121 Billion

#4• Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794-

1877• Shipping, railroads • $105 Million• Today’s Value:• $185 Billion

#3• Henry Ford 1863-1947• Automobiles• Today’s Value:• $199 Billion

#2• Andrew Carnegie 1835-1919

• Steel• $250 Million• Today’s Value:• $310 Billion

#1• John D. Rockefeller 1839-1937

• Oil• $900 Million • Today’s Value:• $340 Billion!!!

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• "We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when anyone engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal.“

What does Roosevelt mean by a square deal?