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John Jacob Astor III [a] (June 10, 1822 – February 22, 1890) was an American financier, philanthropist and a soldier during the American Civil War. He was a prominent member of the Astor family, becoming the wealthiest member in his generation and the founder of the British branch of the family.
John Jacob Astor, (de nacimiento Johann Jakob Astor) (17 de julio de 1763, Walldorf, Alemania-29 de marzo de 1848, Nueva York, Estados Unidos), fue un empresario germano-estadounidense conocido por ser el primer miembro prominente de la familia Astor y el primer multimillonario en los Estados Unidos. [1]
4 de sept. de 2019 · Pero su hijo, John Jacob Astor IV, quien murió en el hundimiento del Titanic en 1912, tomó cartas en el asunto.
Portrait of John Jacob Astor, the founder of the Astor business dynasty. John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor) was the youngest of four sons born to Johann Jacob Astor (1724–1816) and Maria Magdalena vom Berg (1730–1764). The Astor family can trace their ancestry back to Giovan Asdour (1595–1668) and Gretta Ursula Asdour ...
John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German-born American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor. Astor made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by exporting opium into China, and by investing in real estate in or around New York City.
THE FORTUNE OF JOHN JACOB ASTOR. III. CONCLUSION. Even superficial studies of the business career of John Jacob Astor emphasize its supposedly dualistic nature, and distinguish between the apparently sharply defined aspects of fortune-getting for which it stands.
John Jacob Astor (1763–1848) was the founder of the family fortune. His son, William Backhouse Astor (1792–1875), who inherited the major portion of the estate, continued his father’s program of investing in Manhattan real estate and greatly expanded the Astor Library.
