Cornelius Vanderbilt, every mention
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John D. Rockefeller: The Principles Behind The Greatest Fortune in History
- ▶ 56:11 Shane Parrish In that year, the richest man in America was Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was 74. 5 times in the scene
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want
- ▶ 56:38 Morgan Housel I think, I think when Cornelius Vanderbilt died in the 1800, he wanted no one else in his family to have to suffer ever again.
Henry Singleton: The Greatest Capital Allocator in History [Outliers]
- ▶ 15:39 Shane Parrish Cornelius Vanderbilt rode the wave of steamships until he spotted a better one with railroads.
Cornelius Vanderbilt: The First Tycoon [Outliers]
- ▶ 0:08 Shane Parrish Yours truly, Cornelius Vanderbilt. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:29 Shane Parrish Inside, elites await the reading of Cornelius Vanderbilt's will, rumored to be worth one hundred million dollars, one-twentieth of all U.S. currency. 16 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:46 Shane Parrish But there was one distinctive feature of the rural Dutch that would profoundly shape young Cornelius Vanderbilt. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:28 Shane Parrish Accounts on this vary, but by the age of 16, he was running his own ferry that was either owned by his parents or one that he purchased with a loan from them, promising to help pay the family's 1000 dollar mortgage. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:42 Shane Parrish Within a year, legend has it that teenage Vanderbilt had not only paid off his loan, but had given his parents several hundred dollars towards their mortgage. 22 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:26 Shane Parrish On that November day, Vanderbilt turned at the sound of his name and saw a well-dressed, sixty-year-old man looking at him with sharp, hard eyes. 22 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:03 Shane Parrish After working for Gibbon's son and heir William for a few years, Vanderbilt decided his apprenticeship was over in 1829. 24 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:56 Shane Parrish In 1837, Cornelius Vanderbilt saw an opportunity marking his first significant step into railroads with the financially troubled Stonington Railroad. 15 times in the scene
- ▶ 38:25 Shane Parrish In early, far from Vanderbilt's bustling New York, two men carried gold nuggets into an adobe building in California, triggering one of history's greatest economic frenzies, the California Gold Rush. 24 times in the scene
- ▶ 45:59 Shane Parrish Sensing his own mortality, the Commodore decided on a rare vacation in Europe, leaving trusted associates in charge. 27 times in the scene
- ▶ 52:06 Shane Parrish In November, 18 55, Cornelius Vanderbilt orchestrated a stunning financial coup. 14 times in the scene
- ▶ 57:48 Shane Parrish Vanderbilt's enemies fell one by one. 22 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:02:41 Shane Parrish As Cornelius Vanderbilt approached 70 in 1864, most men his age were considering retirement. 24 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:11:16 Shane Parrish So with control of both the Hudson River and New York Central Railroads, Vanderbilt revived his earlier proposal for consolidation. 12 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:14:09 Shane Parrish A statue of Cornelius Vanderbilt stands at the entrance of New York City's Grand Central Terminal overlooking Park Avenue South and the empire that he created. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:16:56 Shane Parrish Now, we didn't have time to get into this either, but Vanderbilt was not a role model as a parent or partner. 22 times in the scene
Morgan Housel: Get Rich, Stay Rich
- ▶ 53:12 Morgan Housel Um, the stat is, you know, when Cornelius Vanderbilt died, his net worth adjusted for inflation, uh, cause he died in the