“He funded the building of over 3,000 public libraries in 47 states and many more overseas, along with numerous hospitals, universities, scientific-research efforts, and artistic institutions. Concerned about the well-being of his former workers, he founded a pension company that later became the giant financial-services non-profit TIAA/CREF. He also aided many projects sponsored by Booker T. Washington to help African Americans, including the Tuskegee Institute and the National Negro Business League.”
Carnegie an industrial giant who established a vertical integrated steel company, the second richest in history who was a success man that controlled every phrase of business from raw materials to transportation, manufacturing and distribution. He had accumulated a fortune worth hundreds of millions of dollars. With his fortune he distributed much of his wealth to humanitarianism, especially the creation of public libraries throughout the countries and overseas. Also, he was a great benefactor of funding others institutions, like: hospitals, universities, scientific-research efforts, and artistic institutions and pension company. In addition, he though in the most vulnerable people of that era, Black Americans.
I choose this paragraph because I admire Carnegie. He had a very sense of humanity. This world is full of rich people who usually think on construct an imperial politic power. However, this man though on how to fund the most important causes that people had, using his generosity. He funded in health, education, etc.
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