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Industrial Genius
The Working Life of Charles Michael Schwab
By Kenneth Warren
In his marvelous business biography of Charles Schwab, Kenneth Warren demonstrates yet again his talents as a historian of industrial America. Warren's portrait of Schwab is beautifully written, superbly documented, and filled with insights. It is the perfect complement to his earlier and equally superb biography of Henry Frick.
David Nasaw, author of Andrew Carnegie
Charles Schwab was known to his employees, business associates, and competitors as a congenial and charismatic person-a 'born salesman.' Yet Schwab was much more than a salesman-he was a captain of industry, a man who streamlined and economized the production of steel and ran the largest steelmaking conglomerate in the world. A self-made man, he became one of the wealthiest Americans during the Gilded Age, only to die penniless in 1939.
Schwab began his career as a stake driver at Andrew Carnegie's Edgar Thomson steel works in Pittsburgh at the age of seventeen. By thirty-five, he was president of Carnegie Steel.
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Charles M. Schwab
American steel magnate (1862–1939)
For the founder and chairman of the brokerage firm, see Charles R. Schwab.
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| Born | Charles Michael Schwab (1862-02-18)February 18, 1862 Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | September 18, 1939(1939-09-18) (aged 77) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Saint Michael Cemetery Loretto, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Saint Francis University |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer, industrialist, philanthropist |
| Title | President of United States Steel Corporation President and chairman of Bethlehem Steel |
| Spouse | Emma Eurana Dinkey (m. 1883; died 1939) |
| Children | 1 |
Charles Michael Schwab (February 18, 1862 – September 18, 1939) was an American steel magnate. Under his leadership, Bethlehem Steel became the second-largest steel maker in the United States, and one of the most important heavy manufacturers in the world.
Early life and education
Schwab was born in Williamsburg, Penns
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Forgotten Business Giant: Charles M. Schwab
We are all familiar with the visionary entrepreneur Charles R. Schwab who pioneered the discount stock brokerage industry in the 1970s. But almost no one remembers the unrelated Charles M. Schwab, one of the most important business leaders in American history.
Born in modest circumstances in Pennsylvania, at the age of thirty-five this Charles Schwab was running one of the most important companies in America. At thirty-nine, he became President of the world’s first billion-dollar corporation. He then went on to build yet another company which at its peak was the third largest industrial company in the nation, the size of Ford and General Electric combined. Charles Schwab built a mansion in New York City, the largest single-family home ever constructed in Manhattan. He played a key role in the Allies’ victory in World War I. At times he was celebrated as America’s greatest business leaders; at others he was vilified in the press. Here is his intriguing story.
Beginnings
In 1861, John Schwab
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