In the wake of the 1873 financial panic, he was ab
In the wake of the 1873 financial panic, he was able to acquire extensive coal deposits from his rivals and by 1889 had been appointed Chairman of Carnegie Brothers and Company. Starting in 1901, he took a prominent part in the negotiations that resulted in the formation of the U.S. Steel Corporation. He gave considerable financial support to the University of Pittsburgh and his namesake art collection was donated to the city of New York. He was stabbed and shot by the anarchist Alexander Berkman after his most famous corporate action. FTP, name this industrialist whose actions inspired the ire of workingmen during 1892's Homestead strike.
In the wake of the 1873 financial panic, he was able to acquire extensive coal deposits from his rivals and by 1889 had been appointed Chairman of Carnegie Brothers and Company.
Henry Clay {Frick}