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Andrew Carnegie

Investor · Entrepreneur 1835–1919

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The person

About Andrew Carnegie

Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)

Ideas represented

Altruism Charity Ethics Generosity Mortality Responsibility Wealth

In their words

“That surplus wealth is a sacred trust, to be administered during life by its possessor for the best good of his fellow-men.”

“The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.”