Known as Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), he was an American business magnate who built his fortune by building railroads and shipping companies. Vanderbilt’s early career was ...

In 1794, Cornelius Vanderbilt was born in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York. He changed his name to Commodore Vanderbilt in 1807. He was an American shipping and railroad magnate who amassed a ...

Long before Bezos or Musk, the Vanderbilts were America's original tycoons. With roots in Staten Island, they amassed the ...

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Bachrach/Getty ImagesWhat do you think of when you hear the phrase “old money?” Often, the term refers to families who have ...

Preston Fore is a staff writer at Fortune, covering the worlds of education and personal financed. Preston graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied ...

Before there was a Bezos, a Musk, or a Walton, there was Cornelius Vanderbilt—a man so wealthy, so powerful, and so obsessed ...

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is set to receive the bulk of his late mother, Gloria Vanderbilt's, fortune. Less than a month after Gloria Vanderbilt's death, her will reveals that her son ...