Wiki: Robber baron is a pejorative term used for a powerful 19th century American businessman. By the 1890s the term was used to attack any businessman who used questionable practices to become wealthy. It combines the sense of criminal ("robber") and illegitimate aristocracy ("baron").
Famous rober baron:
- J. P. Morgan (finance, industrial consolidation)—New York City
- John D. Rockefeller (oil), Cleveland, New York
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