Today’s “Captains of Industry”
Robber Barons in Disguise?
- Use the Internet to research your assigned captain of industry from the current day. (See the list below)
- Respond to the following questions:
(1) Describe the industry.
(2) How did he/she acquire their wealth?
(3) What are his/her business strategies?
(4) Do they make charitable contributions? Describe.
(5) Compare/contrast with the captains of industry in the Gilded Age. Is your person a "captain" or "robber baron"? (Have they had a postive or negatie impact on society? Explain.)
- List of today’s “captains”:
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Bill Gates (Microsoft)
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Warren Buffet (investments)
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Sheldon Adelson (hotels/casinos)
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Lawrence Ellison (Oracle)
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Sergey Brin & Larry Page (Google)
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Michael Dell (Dell Computers)
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Paul Allen (Microsoft)
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The Walton Family (Wal-Mart)
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Forrest Mars (candy)
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Michael Bloomberg (media)
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Philip Knight (Nike)
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Pierre Omidyar (eBay)
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Rupert Murdoch (Fox)
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Jeffrey Bezos (Amazon)
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Sumner Redstone (Viacom)
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David Geffen (music, movies)
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Steven Jobs (Apple)
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Ralph Lauren (fashion)
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Ty Warner (Beanie Babies)
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George Lucas (Star Wars)
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Stephen Wynn (hotels/casinos)
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Richard Schulze (Best Buy)
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Leonard & Ronald Lauder (Estee Lauder)
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T. Boone Pickens (oil)
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Steven Spielberg (movies)
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Donald Trump (real estate)
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Mark Cuban (Broadcast.com)
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Michael Milken (investments)
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Oprah Winfrey (media)
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William Hilton (hotels)
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Robert E. “Ted” Turner (cable TV)
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S. Daniel Abraham (Slim-Fast)
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Archie Aldis “Red” Emmerson (lumber)
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William Wrigley, Jr. (chewing gum)
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Jerry Yang (Yahoo)
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Fred DeLuca (Subway)
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Jerral Jones (Dallas Cowboys)
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Roy Disney (Walt Disney)
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George Steinbrenner III (NY Yankees)
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Sean “Diddy” Combs (hip-hop impresario)
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