Cornelius Vanderbilt

Cornelius Vanderbilt (English: Cornelius Vanderbilt, May 27, 1794 - January 4, 1877), also translated as Cornelius Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt, nicknamed "The Commodore" (English: the Commodore, a New York-based industrialist and philanthropist of Dutch descent, made his fortune relying on inland waterway trade and gradually gained a dominant position. He then invested heavily in the rapidly developing railroad industry in the United States, which significantly changed the geographical pattern of the United States. Cornelius Vanderbilt was the founder of the Vanderbilt family and one of the wealthiest men in American history. Although he had almost never been to the South of the United States in his life, he still donated money to found Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, named after him, with the purpose of promoting reconciliation between the North and the South and the reconstruction of the South. Vanderbilt is a symbol of America's Gilded Age industrial and commercial boom, and is often depicted as a representative figure of the "robber baron".