Daniel Keith Ludwig (1897-1992) was a secretive businessman and philanthropist who became one of America's first billionaires through the development of his oil tanker corporation. An avid worker and noted entrepreneur, he developed both shipping and oil industries, which led him to own one of the world's largest fleets, as well as become invested in a diverse range of global interests. Yet despite his business successes, Ludwig remained relatively unknown to the public, offered few interviews or public appearances, and so was later referred to as the Invisible Billionaire. Ludwig was born June 24, 1897 in South Haven, Michigan to Daniel Ludwig (1873-1960) and Flora Belle Ludwig (1875-1961). He first married Gladys Madeline Ludwig (1904-1978, m. 1928, div. 1937) and was later re-married to …show more content…
Afterwards, Ludwig began building his ships in Japan where his corporation developed oil supertankers. In 1954, Ludwig founded Exportadora de Sal, SA which became the largest salt corporation in the world, and in 1960 he started Citricos de Chiriqui in Panama, purchasing 10,000 acres of land and planting orange trees for citrus production. In 1967, Ludwig purchased four million acres of forest in Brazil's Amazon basin to develop into a pulp industry. While the Jari Project was unsuccessful given the Brazilian government's lack of cooperation, by 1982 Ludwig had built roads, railways, factories, and a small town in the region. Ludwig also invested in real estate, corporations, banking, savings and loans, hotels, and mining. Starting in 1971 however, Ludwig began selling off his investments and corporations, utilizing his fortune to fund the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research which provided grants for cancer research. Daniel Ludwig died of heart failure on August 27, 1992 in Manhattan, New
Andrew Carnegie built his fortune out of nothing, clawing his way to the top and making his fortune by seeing the expanding usage of steel and quickly jumping on the opportunity, becoming one of the first and biggest steel producers in America, and later the world[2]. With this massive corporation
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany 1770; the second half of the classical period. After the death of his grandfather, who was also named Ludwig van Beethoven, the family was on a downward slope financially. As far as physical appearances are concerned, young Beethoven looked much like his grandfather. Beethoven was
After the death of his mother his music career became even greater. After taking some time off due to his mother’s death, Ludwig moved to the city of Vienna in the year of 1790 to work on his music career. When Ludwig arrived in Vienna, he began studying with Joseph Haydn. “While being in Vienna and studying, Ludwig wasn’t a happy student of Haydn because Haydn never had the time to teacher Haydn (Green).” A few moves after arriving to Vienna, Ludwig had to return home to the city of Bonn because he learn that his father had passed away. After dealing with everything with his father’s death, Ludwig
Tobias Wolff was born on June 19th, 1945 in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the second son of Arthur Samuels Wolff and Rosemary Loftus Wolff. At age five, Tobias faced a family breakup where he and his mother separated from his father and older brother, Geoffrey, due to the instability his father kept in his family life. Wolff and his mother constantly moved. They lived first in Florida, then moved to Utah in 1955, and finally settled in the Pacific Northwest, where his mother remarried a troublesome man, Dwight Hansen. They lived in Newhalem, Washington with Hansen and his three children. Wolff attended Concrete High School until he left for Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, where he faked his references to be accepted. He attended Hill School for a year but did not graduate and instead ended up joining the military for four years. Wolff’s family also did not reunite until 1961 when he saw his older brother and father after eleven years. From 1964 to 1968, Wolff served in the U.S. Army Special Forces, where he was assigned his post in Vietnam.
Albert Einstein was a German-born physicist who developed the general theory of relativity. He is considered one of the most influential physicists of the 20th century. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect and immigrated to the U.S. in the following decade after being targeted by the Nazis. Became an official citizen of the U.S., Einstein died on April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey, and all his achievements are considered as a part of the American history. As another example, Igor Sikorsky, who was a Ukrainian aeronautics engineer and inventor known for crafting the first four-engine plane and the first working helicopter. Sikorsky emigrated to the United States in 1919 and in 1925 formed The Sikorsky Manufacturing Corporation located in Long Island, New York. The company evolved into The Sikorsky Aviation Corporation. His company later became a division of United Aircraft Corporation and United Technologies Corporation. A recipient of many honors and accolades, Sikorsky, the head of one of America's pioneering aerospace companies, died on October 26, 1972, in Easton, Connecticut. In the age of digital technology, humanity enjoys all the benefits of designers and device creators, among whom is an immigrant co-founder of the world's most popular search engine and a media giant Google –
fame and fortune was through shipping and railroads, becoming one of the richest men in
A good friend to George Washington, Nathanael Greene was an important general in the American Revolution that helped the American forces defeat the British. Although his battles didn't always end up in a victories had many victories which made it so we could live in a free country today.
Throughout his childhood Logan (Tachnechdorus) attained advantageous values and social etiquette. One particular influential ally was a Quaker identified as James Logan who not only provided Tachnechdorus with his name but also educated him until he befriended the future war leader . However, it was after one unprovoked fatal incident involving other settlers that Logan, who once considered the white people as his allies, quickly changed his opinion of them. Hostility erupted within this once diplomatic, unbiased and compassionate man. Recognizing the conflict among the two cultures became the major cause of Logan to take vengeance.
On July 22, 1730 Daniel Carroll was born at Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Daniel Carroll came from an Irish descent. His family was one of the United States’ great wealthy colonial catholic families. His brother, John Carroll, became the first Roman Catholic Bishop in the United States.
Rockefeller. Carnegie sold his steel business to the United States Steel Corporation which made him extremely wealthy. Being a very generous and charitable man, he donated all of his profits to organizations and people who needed the money more than he did. Carnegie drew his ideas from social Darwinism, based on the Scientific works of Charles Darwin and natural selection or “survival of the fittest.” Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company. He became easily one of the wealthiest men in the world and also a major philanthropist .Both Carnegie and Rockefeller donated much of their wealth to educational, scientific, and religious organizations.
During the mid-nineteenth century, two symbolic icons of industrial growth and entrepreneurial finesse, Andrew Carnegie – who built an enormous steel corporation, and John D. Rockefeller – creator of Standard Oil, both dominated their respective industries and impacted American society in terms of supplying necessary goods like steel and petroleum, employment opportunity, philanthropic causes which set precedents not only for significant strides of government oversight on big business, but also toward fair labor practices.
After selling his tycoon to J. P. Morgan in 1901, Carnegie decided at the age of 65 to dedicate the rest of his life to helping others. Though he had done much work earlier in his life with the donation of libraries, he extended his efforts beyond this. Carnegie funded many efforts to promote education, such as donating to the New York Public Library in order to fund the creation of new branches of the library. Additionally, Carnegie established the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and created the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, both of which were made possible by Carnegie’s willingness to donate his life’s earnings for the good of society. These actions classify Andrew Carnegie as a capital of industry due to his generosity and desire to return the favor of his success to his community and the people who assisted him in getting to his prosperous position in
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in the town of Bonn, Germany on December 16 of 1770. Bonn is located in western Germany on the Rhine River. Beethoven showed an affinity for music at an early age. His father, Johann, taught Ludwig to play the piano as well as the violin. Johann did this in hopes that his son would become a prodigy, and then reach fame like Wolfgang A. Mozart. Unfortunately though Beethoven
German composer and pianist, Ludwig van Beethoven, was born December 1770 and spent most of his life in Vienna, Austria. His first teacher was his alcoholic father, who worked as a musician at the Court of Bonn. Teaching him day and night, Ludwig suffered from his father's harsh and erratic behavior. For a time, he and his father played at the Church. As his father's alcoholism increased, Ludwig became the main musician.
He was born in the German town of Bonn on the 16th of December 1770. His grandfather Ludwig and his father Johann were both musicians. Johann was to act as little Ludwig's first music teacher, but Ludwig soon changed to the court organist C. G. Neefe. Passing eleven years of age, Ludwig deputized for Neefe, and at twelve had his first music published. He then stayed as Neefe's assistant until 1787, when at seventeen, he took off for Vienna. Even though Vienna was to be his home for the rest of his life, this first visit was short. On hearing that his mother was dying, he quickly returned to Bonn. Five years later he finally moved to Vienna to live and work.