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Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers

J.P. Morgan

Also Known As Pierpont
Founder and Executive

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/

Facts
Birth Date
1837-04-17 1
Birth Year
1837 2
Death Date
1913-03-31 2
Death Year
1913 2
Birthplace
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. 1
Death Place
Rome, Kingdom of Italy 1
Nationality
American 2
Defining Contribution
Organized 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 & Co. 1
Connections

Associated With

Banking Industry, Industries

Morgan dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation in the United States as head of J.P. Morgan and Co.

Source Wikipedia, J.P. Morgan
Entrepreneurship, Practice Disciplines
Finance, Practice Disciplines

Morgan dominated corporate and investment finance during the Gilded Age.

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Formation of U.S. Steel, Corporate Events

Morgan organized and financed the consolidation of Carnegie Steel with other firms into United States Steel.

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Companies Founded

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Companies and Brands

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

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Companies and Brands

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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1. Wikipedia, J. P. Morgan
  • Infobox, known_for
    Founding and leading J.P. Morgan & Co.
  • Childhood and education
    Morgan preferred to be called "Pierpont"
  • Infobox, birth_place
    Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
  • Infobox, death_place
    Rome, Kingdom of Italy
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1837-04-17
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2. Wikipedia, J.P. Morgan
WikipediaAssociated With: Finance, lead section
Quote, Associated With: Finance, lead section
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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