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Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab

By Robert Hessen

Book information

Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Year
1990
ISBN
0822959062, 9780822959069
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
24 MB (25501110 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
376\367
Time added
2017-03-06 21:59:28
United States;American Revolution;Civil War;US Pre

Description

Business genius and hedonist, Charles Schwab entered the steel industry as an unskilled laborer and within twenty years advanced to the presidency of Carnegie Steel. He later became the first president of U.S. Steel and then founder of Bethlehem Steel. His was one of the most spectacular and curious success stories in an era of great industrial giants.How did Schwab progress from day laborer to titan of industry? Why did Andrew Carnegie and J.P. Morgan select him to manage their multmillion-dollar enterprises? And how did he forfeit their confidence and lose the preseidency of U.S. Steel? Drawing upon previously undiscovered sources, Robert Hessen answers these questions in the first biography of Schwab.

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