Andrew Carnegie: Captain Of Industry

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Andrew Carnegie was a super powerful industrialist who had a lot to do with the rise of the industrial revolution. He was an Irish immigrant who had humble beginnings in

America. He was born in 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland. In his early years, he had little

formal education and worked many jobs. Although that all changed when he started

Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. Some people think he was a robber baron while

some think he was a generous captain of industry. I think he was a captain of industry,

and here is why.

First of all, he was a huge philanthropist. He commonly donated and helped many

people. One of the many things he did was he donated around $350,000,000 which was

90 percent of all his savings. He additionally