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The American upper class is a social group within the United States consisting of people who have the highest social rank, due to economic wealth, lineage, and typically educational attainment. [2] [3] The American upper class is estimated to be the richest 1% of the population.
Business magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller is widely considered the wealthiest American in history. Most sources agree that, adjusting for inflation, John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) was the richest man in the United States.
"Wealth", [2] more commonly known as "The Gospel of Wealth", [3] is an article written by Andrew Carnegie in June [4] of 1889 [5] that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich. The article was published in the North American Review, an opinion magazine for America's
The richest Americans in history. by Steve Hargreaves. John D. Rockefeller. Adjusted wealth*: $253 billion. Lived: 1839-1937. Rockefeller made his fortune by revolutionizing the oil industry....
24 lis 2011 · Some people would define rich as having more money than you "need" to live, but definition of "needs" vary dramatically.
9 kwi 2010 · John D. Rockefeller (1839‑1937), founder of the Standard Oil Company, became one of the world’s wealthiest men as America's first billionaire and a major philanthropist.
5 lut 2018 · One statistic cited by the Gilded Age documentary is that, by the time of that 1897 ball, the richest 4,000 families in the U.S. (representing less than 1% of the population) had about as much ...
