Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
by Maarja Kivirüüt
Kätlin Unt
Introduction
· was a Scottish industrialist, businessman,
a major philanthropist
· founder of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel
Company which
later became
U.S. Steel.
Humble beginnings
· Was born on November 25, 1835, in
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
· The son of a hand loom weaver, William T.
Carnegie
· He grew up in a cultured, political home
· Great influence on the young Carnegie were his
father and his uncle, George Lauder
· Carnegie emmigrated from Scotland to the
United States in 1848 at the age of 13
Career
· His education and passion for reading was given
a great boost by Colonel James Anderson
· In 1851, he became a telegraph messenger boy
in the Pittsburgh Office
· Thomas A. Scott of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company employed him as a
secretary/telegraph operator starting in 1853
· In 1855 he was able t...
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