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Andrew Carnegie [30min]

In 1901, when Andrew Carnegie sold his steel making empire to the banker J.P Morgan for $480 million, the financier congratulated him on becoming “the richest man in the World”. But it’s not just Carnegie’s wealth that inspired this week’s guest, Daily Telegraph’s Editor-at-Large, Jeff Randall, to nominate him for ‘Great Lives’. By the time he died, Carnegie had given most of his vast fortune away. Presenter Matthew Parris invites Jeff Randall to explore the life of an extraordinary businessman and philanthropist, with the help of Eric Homberger, Professor of American Studies, University of East Anglia.
Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Great Lives"