Andrew Carnegie's Early Life

Andrew Carnegie was one of the wealthiest men in America but his wealth didn’t come without hard work and dedication. Carnegie was born in “Dunfermline, Scotland on November 25, 1835” (Tyle). According to Laura B. Tyle, the invention of the weaving machine unfortunately pushed Carnegie’s family in to poverty “In 1848, Carnegie’s family left Scotland and moved to Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, where his father and eventually him worked in a cotton factory” (Tyle). After leaving the cotton factory “Carnegie became a messenger boy for the Pittsburgh telegraph office and eventually made his way up to telegraph operator” (Tyle). According to Laura B. Tyle “Thomas A. Scott, the superintendent of the western division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, made Carnegie his secretary at the age of eighteen.” Later, Carnegie took over Scott’s position of the railroad. Furthermore Carnegie “began to see that steel was going to replace iron and by 1873 he organized a steel rail company” (Tyle). According to Laura B. Tyle he continued to build his company when he “cut prices, drove out competitors,

Andrew Carnegie, the “King of Steel”, the benevolent employer, the giant of industry, was among the greatest influences of the second industrial revolution. It is sometimes questioned whether Carnegie was the ruthless, sneaky steel tyrant some made him out to be, or the generous, benevolent education benefactor he appeared to be. I believe him to be a combination of both, but more so the great giant of industry.

As young immigrant child living in the rural ruins Andrew Carnegie was forced to not receive education and held accountable for his family´s well being. One of his early jobs was a telegrapher this job gave him the experience that led him to becoming Thomas Scott´s protégé in the railroad business. By this, Carnegie obtained many knowledge from the desiscions Scott made, which eventually help Carnegie create the sensational Steel Industry. Although, Carnegie´s story is one of the most admired through-out this era, however in his early life things weren’t effortless. The responsibility taken by him during his childhood was colossal having to work everyday to sustain a single mother raised family is not a piece of cake. Similiarly,the average life a coal miner entails how poor children had to appear at the coal mine everyday risking their life each second spent in the fuming mines, and all for a couple of cents a day. This caused a an enormous impact on Carnegie´s perspective over wealth, he believed if people wanted to overcome

     Let us first look at Mr. Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie was a mogul in the steel industry. Carnegie

Perhaps the most controversial of Andrew Carnegie’s qualities is his belief in Social Darwinism. The English philosopher Herbert Spencer convinced Carnegie that it wasn’t bad to be successful. It was “survival of the fittest” in the business world and there was no reason for Andrew Carnegie to feel guilty for obtaining more wealth. Throughout Carnegie’s life, he displayed his firm belief in the certainty of competition. In fact, he was afraid of competition and did all he could to obstruct or completely remove it when it came to his

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

Andrew Carnegie was an industrialist who led the expansion of the steel industry in America. He made his fortune in the steel industry, controlling the most iron and steel

One of the pioneers of the Big Business I chose to research is Andrew Carnegie. In this paper I will include how was his business and how did Mr. Carnegie started his business. I will also talk about how his business grew to the level it did. The good and bad effects of the business in the 19th century, How Mr. Carnegie business affected society today, what were the pros and cons of this business, if this cons and pros still exist.

In the free enterprise economy, individuals are free to choose their careers. Carnegie's freedom to choose his job gave him the unique experience and connections necessary to become a steel tycoon. As a young boy Carnegie chose to work for a railroad company because he recognized the potential growth for him in the business. Carnegie was right. He quickly moved upward through the ranks of the railroad company and met the owner, Thomas A. Scott, who "taught Andrew about investing in the stock market" ( "Andrew Carnegie Grows Up Working."). Eventually, Carnegie used this money to run his own company. The experience also taught Carnegie how to manage large corporations and control cost, two instrumental skills for Carnegie's later success. In another type of market, Carnegie likely wouldn't have ended up working for the railroad company, significantly lowering his chances of success. The free-enterprise economy was instrumental to Carnegie's success because without it Carnegie could not have chosen the job he knew would help him succeed.

Noteworthy. Andrew Carnegie managed to overtake the business world by storm single handedly. During the Gilded Age, were the economy grew and the rich flourished, he managed to develop wealth and prosper from steel. Despite his actions being genius, they were far from heroic. Carnegie should be considered an eminent business man. Andrew Carnegie, although not a heroic figure, is a legend to the business world due to his innovative pioneering, business techniques, and leadership expertise.

Andrew Carnegie was a famous steel company owner who lived from 1835 to 1919. He was born in Scotland but came to the United States with his family when he was 12. He had very similar achievements to Richard Arkwright, who owned cotton mills and cotton processing patents in England in the 1700s. Both Andrew Carnegie and Richard Arkwright are remembered as powerful industrialists who built great capitalist fortunes by starting and growing large dominant companies. Richard Arkwright and Andrew Carnegie both had similar career paths and significant impacts on the Industrial Revolutions of their time because of their innovative use of new technologies and their ability to lead others.

Andrew Carnegie’s management of his companies reshaped the way business was performed in the 19th century. His treatment of workers was completely different from all other businesses’ at that time. His true genius was his ability to work closely with other men. Carnegie thought of himself as a man of the people and a hero of workers. His workers got the higher salaries and shorter shifts. Carnegie used a “sliding scale'; in wages. The pay of the workers would increase if profits went up, and the pay would decrease if profits went sown. This was an initiative for workers to work harder if they wanted higher wages. Carnegie had an impressive way of dealing with workers who went on a strike. He didn’t hire new workers, but instead shut the business down completely and made the strikers to eventually give in and agree to his terms. Carnegie had enough

Who is Andrew Carnegie? Is he a hero? Carnegie was born in 1835, and grew up poor, living in the attic above his father’s shop. In 1848, looking for a new life, his family made the move from their home in Scotland to the United States. He found a new way to produce steel, and that brought him a great fortune. Carnegie became a hero in the time when his steel business what striving. It was highly improbable that someone coming from a family like his would have anything else than the working middle class life. But he defeated those odds to become the richest man in America. He also had a very honorable view on how one’s fortune should be spent. Those views made him highly liked by millions around the world. Finally, what he gave and started for

Andrew Carnegie is Scottish born immigrant who moved to America when he was 13 with his family. He and his family landed and settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Carnegie starts working at a factory and earns $1.20 a week. A year later he was able to find a job as a telegraph messenger. He was then in 1851 promoted to telegraph operator. In 1851, He starts working as the assistant/telegrapher for Thomas Scott. Thomas Scott is one of the highest officials on the Pennsylvania railroad. Through 3 years of being the assistant and telegrapher to Thomas Scott, he earns valuable lessons and experience about and on the railroad. He then took the position of being a superintendent. When Carnegie is working for and on the railroad,

Andrew Carnegie was born into a poor working class family living in the town of Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1835. His father operated a small hand looming business located in the family home. The Carnegies was literate, well read, and active in the politics of the day. It was a time of repression of the Scottish worker by the Government, the employers, and the culture. Rebellious in thought as well as actively participating in protests was part of the Carnegie family life style. He was exposed to all of Scotland’s dramatic portrayal of Scottish Heroes. He learned the poetry and songs that were filled with the heroics of the underdog and their fight for equality.