Andrew Carnegie was the representation in life of a self-made businessman, the materialization of the so-called "American Dream", a man who as a child slept early every night, looking for his dreams to make him forget his misery and the hunger he suffered, and who After years of hard sacrifice, ingenuity, work and effort, he would become the man with the second largest wealth in history.

Due to his poverty, Carnegie did not have studies, all his education was self-taught. His taste for literature was born when he worked as a radio operator in Pennsylvania, where he mastered sounds, to the point of being able to translate on the spot and without having to write.

“A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.”

His first job was as a bobbin boy in a textile factory, he earned $1.20 a week, plus 80 cents if he lost the boiler on; 35 years later he owned the most profitable iron company in the world.

Notably, his experience in the telegraph, as well as in the railroad industry, made this Scotsman a staple during the American Civil War.

His business acumen, charisma and knowledge of literature, as well as his presence at social events since he was young, helped him establish partnerships with companies that did what his did not, obtaining advantages over their competitors and envisioning the direction that the industries would take.

Andrew Carnegie was a man who broke the rules, who knew how to attract the attention of his superiors, form alliances and continually seek improvement until he became a successful businessman who, once fulfilled, chose to share his knowledge and his vision of life with others. through philanthropy and the construction of cultural and educational buildings, which to date remind us of the story of overcoming one of the greatest business leaders in modern history.

Scott helped Andrew Carnegie make the first investments with his savings, investing in sleeping cars for the same company and reinvesting his profits in the iron, bridge and rail industry, all over the railway industry.

During the Civil War, Carnegie served as superintendent of the Military Railroads, helping to open rail lines to Washington. He also worked on the telegraph lines of the Eastern Union Government, hence the reason for his characteristic scar on his cheek.

After the war, he decided to leave the railway industry and dedicate himself to the iron foundry business, investing in the purchase of ore fields and obtaining large dividends thanks to the reduction of costs by carrying out mass production, thus, Carnegie Steel was born in 1870.

Ten years after its inception, Carnegie Steel was the largest industrial pig iron, rail steel, and coke factory in the world.

By 1888 Carnegie bought out his competitor, the Homestead Steel Works, which had a huge plant along with a supply of coal and iron mines, as well as a fleet of steamships.

Finally in 1892 he decided to merge the two companies and those of their associates to create the Carnegie Steel Company.

For several years, Carnegie Steel Company was the most profitable company in the world, despite this in 1910, Andrew Carnegie decided to sell the company for $480 million dollars to J.P. Morgan, who years later would make it the U.S. Steel.

From then until the last years of his life, Carnegie decided to invest his money in philanthropy, building libraries and creating educational and research institutions.

Andrew Carnegie died on August 11, 1919 in Lenox, United States, from pneumonia.