Jay Gould

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Person.png Jay Gould  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(businessman, financier)
BornJason Gould
May 27, 1836
Roxbury, New York State, U.S.
DiedDecember 2, 1892 (Age 56)
New York City, U.S.
NationalityUS
Children • George Jay Gould
• Edwin Gould
• Helen Miller Shepard
• Howard Gould
• Anna Gould
• Frank Jay Gould

Jason Gould was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. His sharp and often unscrupulous business practices made him one of the wealthiest men of the late nineteenth century.


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