Who were becoming wealthy during the Gilded Age? As so-called robber barons and captains of industry, the wealthy elite of the late 19th century comprised industrialists who made their fortunes by ...

For a historical perspective of what qualifies someone as being a robber baron, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica ...

That was the implicit motto of what history has called the ‘robber barons’ of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who helped to create the economic superpower that America is today. The term ...

America's 19th and early 20th century tycoons, pejoratively nicknamed "robber barons," built massive empires and accumulated unprecedented wealth. Many of these men gained their fortunes either at ...