Wealthy families in the Gilded Age spent conspicuously, from fancy clothes to European palace-inspired mansions to lavish ...

Known as Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 - January 4, 1877), he was an American business magnate who built his fortune by building railroads and shipping companies. Vanderbilt's early career was ...

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There is no comparable business person in today's world because no one dominates the economy the way Vanderbilt did, Stiles said. Vanderbilt's estate was valued at $100 million when he died in 1877.

Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened: On this day 133 years ago, Cornelius Vanderbilt, the world’s richest man, died. Where The ...

Anderson Cooper on money, history and the dark side of great fortunes. The CNN anchor confronted his own ancestors in ‘Vanderbilt.’ Now he’s tackling another American dynasty: the Astors.

A proposed business school campus operated by Vanderbilt University in West Palm Beach has drawn wide local acclaim as a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to buttress the city and county’s ...