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Andrew Carnegie

He made his fortune in the steel industry, one of his great innovation was in the cheap and efficient mass production of steel rails for railroads lines. He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Company and several smaller companies to created U.S steel. Carnegie was one of the most rich men in the world, he spent his last years as a philanthropist providing the capital for purpose of public interest, social and educational advances

Jhon Rockefeller.

He revolutionized the petroleum industry when, in 1863 with Maurice B. Clark built an oil refinery. he also founded the Standard Oil Company, this gradually gained almost complete control of oil refining and marketing in the USA. In 1911 Supreme Court of USA held that Standard Oil by then still had a 64% market share originated in illegal monopoly practice and ordered it to be broken up into 34 new companies. He was also a philanthropist and one of the most rich men in the world.

Thomas Edison.

American inventor and business man who developed many devices that greatly influence life around the world including the phonograph and the long-lasting practical electric light bulb. He assisted to experiment on the telephone, phonograph, electric railway, electric lightning and some other important inventions. He was one of the most important inventors in the history, he also invented the carbon telephone transmitter.

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