Andrew Carnegie: The Richest Man In The World

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Class 1 1/20/13 Richest Man in the World Essay In an era where life seemed too difficult to conquer the odds, people continued to work hard to be able to make at least some dollars for future needs, such as food, water and shelter. Many immigrants continued to transfer over from their pathetic excuses of lives to try to make better in America, hearing it was the land of opportunity. Many were able to find what they were looking for, especially one man who was able to go from working in the furnaces world as a child, to becoming a billionaire in the steel industry. In fact, he became the #1 steel king, in the world. Andrew Carnegie, self made billionaire in the world of steel, was a man who was living out the rich dreams, which he was able…show more content…
His father and mother were quite different from one another, while they both influenced Carnegie from different point of views. His father was a weaver, before he was laid off, while his mother was the type of woman to do anything to make sure the family was financially stable. Andrew couldn’t help but admire both his figures, but he also had envy and a few bits of dislike towards them. He was always made the odd one out, as his parents always took a more liking to his older brother. Such other influences such as their family’s poverty and lack of opportunities has made him realize that he didn’t want to live such a life, as he got older. He wanted to live the life of luxury and to be able to make it to the top of whatever industry he pursued in. Due to those thoughts, he was highly influenced by his mother’s daily dreams of making it to the top, and see that her family also lives a life of luxury, one day. His father’s fail of being able to keep the money in their lives stable and be able to work in a well job, truly made Carnegie see in his eyes, that he wanted to surpass his father. He was going to surpass…show more content…
He basically relied on social Darwinism because he always worked his workers to the bone, no matter what the cost was. He was putting all these men together to do his dirty work for several hours in a row, while firing others who didn’t meet his superhuman expectations. He was soon to be known as a ruthless boss, and a horrible caretaker when it came to talking with his workers. He wanted to wipe out all the metal unions around, especially the America’s biggest metal union. Eventually, the workers despised he and his terrible partner, Henry Clay Frick, which they all went on strike, on his successful Homestead mill. Frick called upon Pinkerton soldiers, which were no match against them, seeing that they all won. Even so, Carnegie couldn’t get rid of all the bad blood that was placed upon him, so he started to give away his millions, after selling his steel company for half a billion dollars, to several investors. All of this continues to match he to his current era, because most had to work to rise to the top, and he did just the thing. He also matched with his era because it was rapidly growing, putting people out of business, like he
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