Astor family - Wikipedia Astor family The Astor family achieved prominence in business, society, and politics in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries
John Jacob Astor IV - Wikipedia John Jacob Astor IV John Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American business magnate, real estate developer, and investor who was a member of the Astor family and also the Livingston family
11 Facts About the Astor Family - Mental Floss The wealth of the Astor family originated in fur trading, guided by the intelligent but ruthless business tactics of their American founder, John Jacob Astor I
Inside The Astor Familys Massive Wealth And Infamous Scandals The story of the Astor family is one of immense fortune, ambition, tragedy, and scandal It all began with John Jacob Astor, an immigrant from modern-day Germany who arrived in the United States in the late 18th century and transformed himself into the wealthiest man in America
Astor family | Wealth, Influence Legacy | Britannica Astor family, wealthy American family whose fortune, rooted in the fur trade, came to be centred on real estate investments in New York City John Jacob Astor (1763–1848) was the founder of the family fortune
Anderson Cooper on the rise and fall of the Astor fortune His latest book, "Astor," traces the fortunes of one of the most prominent New York City families in the 19th and 20th centuries, whose wealth was built on slums and beaver pelts
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune - Amazon From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United States, until 2009, when Brooke Astor’s son, Anthony Marshall, was convicted of defrauding his elderly mother, the Astor name occupied a unique place in American society