Jay Gould

Born

May 27, 1836

Died

December 2, 1892 (aged 56)

Known as

entrepreneur, financier, cartographer, business magnate, speculator

Jay Gould was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who founded the Gould business dynasty. He is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. His sharp and often unscrupulous business practices made him one of the wealthiest men of the late 19th century. Gould was an unpopular figure during his life and remains controversial.

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