Born April 17, 1837 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Died March 31, 1913. Rome, Italy. A major American financial capitalist. Studied at the University of Gottingen in Germany, he joined Duncan Sherman & Co. in New York in 1857, and was active in the financial world as the New York agent for George Peabody & Co., in which his father, JS Morgan, was a partner, and for JS Morgan & Co. (London), which succeeded him, from 1960 to 1964. In 1871 he became a partner in Drexel Morgan & Co., and in 1895 he acquired the firm and established JP Morgan & Co. As an investment banker, he underwrote US government bonds, reorganized and stabilized the American railroad industry, and succeeded in realizing giant companies such as United States Steel, General Electric, and International Harvester, becoming a central figure in the American financial world and a symbol of the concentration of economic power. In 1912, 11 partners of Morgan & Co. held 72 executive positions in 47 major American companies, forming the Morgan conglomerate. He also donated vast sums of money to hospitals, churches, libraries, and museums. Morgan |
[生]1837.4.17. アメリカ合衆国,コネティカット,ハートフォード [没]1913.3.31. イタリア,ローマ アメリカ合衆国の大金融資本家。ドイツのゲッティンゲン大学で学び,1857年ニューヨークのダンカン・シャーマン商会に入社,1960~64年父 J.S.モルガンがパートナーだったジョージ・ピーボディ商会と,それを引き継いだ J.S.モルガン商会(ロンドン)のニューヨーク代理人として金融界で活躍。1871年ドレクセル・モルガン商会のパートナー,1895年同商会を傘下に収めて J.P.モルガン商会を創設。投資銀行家として合衆国政府債の引受業務,アメリカ鉄道界の再編成と安定化,ユナイテッド・ステーツ・スチール,ゼネラル・エレクトリック,インターナショナル・ハーベスターなどの巨大会社の実現に成功,アメリカ金融界の中心人物,経済力集中のシンボルとなった。1912年にはアメリカの主要 47会社の 72の重役の椅子をモルガン商会のパートナー 11人が占め,モルガン財閥を形成した。病院,教会,図書館,美術館にも莫大な金を寄付した。 モルガン
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