![]() ![]() ![]() That's far more than any individual today. Cornelius Vanderbilt controlled around five percent of the U.S. Stiles is the author of "The First Tycoon," which won the National Book Award for Non-fiction this year. Rumor and legend has it that he was involved in numerous fist fights, and I actually found court records that showed that he engaged in fist fights and won into his 50s. He was combative, living in a level of society that was intensely competitive and confrontational. STILES (Author): He was six feet tall at a time when the average American man was 5'7" or 5'8". His statue still looms over the entrance of New York's Grand Central terminal. Cornelius Vanderbilt owned shipping lines and railroads in the 1800s. And this morning, we're going to look at a man who shaped this country's economy. We're learning about some American lives in this final week of the year, a few of the people who got us where we are. ![]()
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