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Henry Villard (April 10, 1835 – November 12, 1900) was an American journalist and financier who was an early president of the Northern Pacific Railway. Born and raised by Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard in Speyer, the Rhenish Palatinate of the Kingdom of Bavaria.
Henry Villard (born April 10, 1835, Speyer, Bavaria—died Nov. 12, 1900, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., U.S.) was a U.S. journalist and financier, who became one of the major United States railroad and electric utility promoters.
Henry Villard was a German immigrant who became a prominent figure in American politics and business. He was instrumental in bringing the first transcontinental railroad to Oregon in 1883, and also supported the University of Oregon and Portland's architecture.
Henry Villard (1835-1900) was born Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hillgard in Bavaria, Germany, to a family of lawyers and judges. In 1853 he immigrated to the United States to escape political persecution and changed his name to Henry Villard to escape detection by his father.
Henry Serrano Villard (March 30, 1900 – January 21, 1996) was an American foreign service officer, ambassador and author.
Henry Villard was one of the most remarkable and important figures to shape the tumultuous history of nineteenth -century America. A preeminent Civil War journalist, an industrialist, and a financial maverick, his courage, perseverance, and farsightedness made him the equal of such titans of his day as J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and ...
Henry Villard was a German banker who bought and expanded the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company in 1874. He completed the transcontinental railroad to Portland in 1883, but faced financial troubles and returned to Germany in 1884.
