“Has the world gone mad? A man buys a piece of land for a few dollars, and sells it in a few years for hundreds of thousands... It is not right.”

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About John Jacob Astor

Businessman American

John Jacob Astor was a German-American businessman, merchant, and investor who was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the United States. He made his fortune primarily in a...

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