By the time Cornelius Vanderbilt was born in 1794, the family was practically destitute. OilPaintingsArt.com His father was a local sea merchant. One author has written that the 18th ...

Cornelius Vanderbilt . 2 of 20. Adjusted wealth*: $205 billion ; ... But they spent heavily, and by a 1973 family reunion, not one of the 120 Vanderbilt descendants present was a millionaire.

On this day 145 years ago, Cornelius Vanderbilt’s plan to support the U.S. stock market by buying stocks worked for one day. Where The Market Was Vanderbilt’s attempt to end the Panic of 1873 ...

Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt of the New York Yacht Club won his first yacht race of the season yesterday with his big 57-foot sloop Aurora, beating George M. Pynchon's 57-footer Istalena by the ...

Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened: On this day 133 years ago, Cornelius Vanderbilt, the world’s richest man, died. Where The ...

In his book he recounts the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), who built his fortune on the development of transportation systems and became synomous with American business.