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Robber baron

A robber baron was originally a feudal lord who engaged in robbery. The term was revived in the 19th century in the United States, where it was a pejorative used of businessmen who engaged in unscrupulous tactics in business operations and on the stock market to amass a huge personal fortune. Some robber barons later evolved into great philanthropists.

List of famous robber barons:

• Edward Henry Harriman
• James Fisk
• Leland Stanford
• Jay Gould
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Collis P. Huntington
• Andrew Carnegie
• James J. Hill
• J.P. Morgan
• Jay Cooke
• John D. Rockefeller
• Daniel Drew
• Henry Flagler

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