Cornlius Vanderbilt, aka the "Commodore," bought his first small ferry boat with a $100 loan at age 16 and turned it into the world's largest shipping empire. He sold everything before the Civil ...
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America is full of outrageously wealthy 'robber barons ... this sprawling mansion was owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt II, grandson of the railway magnate. In 1893, the heir to the richest family ...