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Andrew Carnegie, magnate of the U.S. steel industry, built his empire from humble beginnings with business acumen and insider trading (commonplace and legal at the time). Carnegie is also known for his philanthropy and his philosophy “The Gospel of Wealth,” where he argues that wealth should be reinvested in the greater good, not amassed by the rich. In 1911, after becoming a billionaire, he established the Carnegie Corporation of New York as a fund whose mission is “to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.” Each year, the Corporation provides grants to projects that they believe are in the spirit of Andrew Carnegie’s initial interests: international peace, democracy, and the advancement of education and knowledge. In 1966, the Corporation began recording its history through oral history interviews, many of which are browsable at the Carnegie Corporation of New York Digital Archive.
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