The Man Who Made Wall Street
Mr. Rottenberg talked about his book, The Man who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise of Modern Finance, published by University of Pennsylvania… read more
Mr. Rottenberg talked about his book, The Man who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise of Modern Finance, published by University of Pennsylvania Press. The book is a biography of Anthony J. Drexel, one of America’s foremost financiers in the 19th century. The author told the story of how Drexel arranged a meeting with a young banker in New York named J.P. Morgan in what he calls ‘The Day the World Changed.’ The result of that meeting was one of the most powerful banking houses in the world, J.P. Morgan & Company. close
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