Cornelius Vanderbilt: America’s First Tycoon

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Radu Alexander
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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[MrWizeazz]

It’s so weird to think about the fact that Anderson Cooper is a Vanderbilt.

[reconsoldier]

I finally understand why Vanderbilt University’s mascot is a Commodore despite it being in landlocked Tennessee

[ethanramos]

“If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else.”
Cornelius Vanderbilt

[notyou]

His grandson built the Biltmore Estate in Asheville NC and it is still in the hands of the descendants. The neat fact of its existence is that the company that runs it pays no taxes to the feds in exchange for the land that the Pisgha National Forest that it used to own.

[ignitionfrn]

1:15 - Chapter 1 - Early years
6:10 - Chapter 2 - The birth of an empire
8:20 - Chapter 3 - Going into nicaragua
11:15 - Mid roll ads
12:45 - Chapter 4 - The war of the commodores
16:50 - Chapter 5 - From ships to trains

[southernbellechef]

Thank you for this educational piece. I love the nitty gritty details of his struggles. Also the fact he didn’t become the wealthiest man in America til he was in his 70s. You only hear that he got into Transportation and became a millionaire. Like it was overnight. When this proves it takes time and a lot of hard work to get to this status

[joecoastie]

If you ever find yourself in western North Carolina visit the Biltmore estate if you feel like feeling poor. That “house” is ridiculous

[jacobdrum]

Would love some follow ups on these old families, like how the Vanderbilts became the Whitneys, etc, and the wealth lasts into the present day.

[archaichermit]

Ah yes. My mom grew up in Tennessee and Vandy was one of the schools she wanted me to go too once I graduated hs. Thanks for sharing his history

[choughed]

His holiday cost $500, 000 in 1853 which is $16, 797, 272.73 in today's money (according to Google)

[mrwarr]

My fiancée lives right by the railway (now semi-operating) in Cranbury, NJ. I went to college (or university for non-Americans) on one of the Vanderbilt estates, that of Florence Adele Vanderbilt. While I’m at it, I currently live on land that once a part of one of J. D. Rockefeller’s hunting estates. Land he ultimately sold to the county (most of which is currently a park). Those robber barons really shaped the US in ways that affect many of us daily more than a century later. Good video as usual.

[aaaargl]

19:35 i bet he was starting to sell off his stuff in the 1850s not the 1950s

[Lady_Chalk]

If you’d ever want to visit the historic Biltmore House, I suggest spending the extra money for their Holidays displays. I cried, it was so beautiful.

[AbrahamLincoln]

Still haven't done a biography about me.

[michaelandbrytanyjordan]

So working hard, being reliable, investing in your business, and charging less than others was succesful back then. I wonder what happened.

[NDTexan]

@19:45... The Confederate Navy never dominated the seas. given their beginnings they did a pretty solid job but they never could break the blockade completely and because of their naval inferiority their fleet operations were primarily centered around Port protection whereas the actual seas were dominated by the Union. Most of their attempts at actual ironclad cruisers were confiscated and the bulk of their ironclads numbered just over thirty with most of them being destroyed or scuttled or captured well before the actual surrender of the CSA. And they were all close range port defense. Their smaller gunboats were all used for blockade running. They never got dominance on the seas or really even the intercoastal waterways.

[danischeel]

I love this era! So fascinating! How about jp Morgan or the astors?

[BrainsApplied]

*Last time I was this early, Simon still had hair*

[jeffkadlec]

I was just at the Vanderbilt Museum on Long Island. It's crazy how many sea creature specimens he collected!!

[james-uswy]

you have a great channel keep up the great work