John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) was an American financier and investment banker who, as head of J.P. Morgan and Co., dominated corporate finance on Wall Street during the Gilded Age, organizing the 1901 formation of United States Steel and driving a wave of industrial consolidations including General Electric and International Harvester. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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BirthplaceHartford, Connecticut, U.S. 1 Defining ContributionOrganized the 1901 merger of Carnegie Steel with other steel, coal, mining and shipping firms into the United States Steel Corporation, the world's first billion-dollar company. 2 Notable Work J.P. Morgan
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Morgan dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation in the United States as head of J.P. Morgan and Co.
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Morgan dominated corporate and investment finance during the Gilded Age.
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Morgan organized and financed the consolidation of Carnegie Steel with other firms into United States Steel.
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Companies Founded
JPMorgan Chase traces its direct corporate lineage to J.P. Morgan & Co., founded by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1871; the modern JPMorgan Chase & Co. was formed by the 2000 merger of J.P. Morgan & Co. and Chase Manhattan Corporation, carrying his name and founding lineage forward.
Companies Led
Morgan led the private banking house he built, J.P. Morgan and Co., the direct predecessor of the modern firm, until his death in 1913.
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Founding and leading J.P. Morgan & Co.
Childhood and education
Morgan preferred to be called "Pierpont"
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Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
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Rome, Kingdom of Italy
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1837-04-17
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he was the driving force behind a wave of industrial consolidations in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century.
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