Properties (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Businessman
businessman |
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Western_Union gptkb:Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway gptkb:Missouri_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Erie_Railroad |
| gptkbp:born |
May 27, 1836
|
| gptkbp:burialPlace |
gptkb:Green-Wood_Cemetery
|
| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Frank_Jay_Gould
gptkb:Edith_Gould gptkb:Anna_Gould gptkb:Jay_Gould_II gptkb:George_Jay_Gould_I Mabel_Gould |
| gptkbp:communityPartnerships |
gptkb:Charles_Morgan
gptkb:Jay_Cooke gptkb:William_H._Vanderbilt gptkb:Henry_Villard James Fisk |
| gptkbp:controversy |
Black Friday of 1869
insider trading allegations stock market manipulation The Gold Ring The_Erie_War |
| gptkbp:depictedIn |
historical novels
various films and documentaries |
| gptkbp:died |
December 2, 1892
|
| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkb:Pennsylvania_College |
| gptkbp:famousFor |
Stock market manipulation
Corporate raiding |
| gptkbp:famousQuote |
"I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half."
|
| gptkbp:fullName |
gptkb:Jay_Gould
|
| gptkbp:historicalImpact |
influenced the Gilded Age
transformed_American_railroads |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Jay Gould
|
| gptkbp:influence |
Railroad industry
Corporate America Business ethics Stock market practices American_finance |
| gptkbp:influenced |
Robert_L._Brunner
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Cornelius_Vanderbilt
gptkb:J.P._Morgan gptkb:Daniel_Drew |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Railroad development
railroad expansion speculation |
| gptkbp:legacy |
Gould_Memorial_Library
Gould_family Goulds,_New_York Gouldsboro,_Maine Gouldsboro,_Pennsylvania controversial_figure_in_American_finance |
| gptkbp:marketingStrategy |
railroad consolidation
manipulation of stock prices aggressive acquisition |
| gptkbp:nationality |
American
|
| gptkbp:netWorth |
estimated at $72 million at death
$72 million (at death) |
| gptkbp:nickname |
The Mephistopheles of Wall Street
|
| gptkbp:notableWork |
gptkb:Gould's_Railroad_Empire
|
| gptkbp:occupation |
Financier
railroad executive financier Speculator |
| gptkbp:philanthropy |
donated to various charities
supported educational institutions supported the arts contributed to hospitals funded cultural institutions |
| gptkbp:politicalAffiliation |
gptkb:Democratic_Party
|
| gptkbp:postRetirementCareer |
started as a surveyor
worked in a general store |
| gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:New_York_City
|
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Helen_Day
|