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Vanderbilt (1794- 1877): American capitalist, engaged in shipping and railway construction, accumulated wealth at his death/kloc-0.05 million US dollars, accounting for 1: 87 of GDP at that time. The Vanderbilt family, like the Rockefeller family, is a deep-rooted family in the United States, and its huge consortium has a history of 100 years. As early as17th century, this family immigrated to Standen Island, new york to run a farm, but the miracle of its wealth happened in 18 10. Kony Liers Liers Vanderbilt, who was only 16 years old at that time, borrowed 100 from his mother and started a ferry business in new york Bay. A few years later, his business was booming. Then, he invested in the emerging railway industry at that time, and about 50 years later, he became the largest railway industry in the United States.
1873% He donated 1 10,000 dollars to establish Vanderbilt University, hoping to make up for the trauma brought to the south by the civil war. Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee, is a famous university in the United States and one of the few top universities in the south of the United States (other famous universities in the south include Duke, Emory and Rice). With its excellent educational quality and strong scientific research strength, it enjoys the reputation of "Harvard in the South".