cornelius vanderbilt

     

Asked how his business acumen would affect the public, he said, "The public be damned!"

Trivia about cornelius vanderbilt

  • This commodore, not Lionel Richie, got a Nashville university named for him
  • In the 1860's this industrial "commodore" lost the fight for control of the Erie Railroad
  • (Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper of CNN.) My great-great-great grandfather was this shipping & railroad magnate known as "The Commodore"
  • In the 1870s a Nashville univ. was renamed for this shipping & railroad magnate who donated $1 million