John J. Raskob

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businessperson financier human philanthropist

John J. Raskob was an American businessman and financier best known for masterminding and financing the construction of New York City's Empire State Building.

Aliases (1)

John Jakob Raskob ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson → financier → human → philanthropist →
architecturalClientOf	Shreve, Lamb & Harmon →
boardMemberOf	General Motors →
burialPlace	Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware →
countryOfBirth	United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1879-03-19 →
dateOfDeath	1950-10-15 →
educatedAt	Niagara University (attended, non-graduate) →
employer	E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company → General Motors →
era	Gilded Age and early 20th-century American business →
familyName	Raskob →
fieldOfWork	corporate finance → political fundraising → real estate development →
founded	Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities →
fullName	John Jakob Raskob →
givenName	John →
heritage	German-American →
inspiredWork	construction of the Empire State Building as the world’s tallest building at the time →
knownFor	financing the construction of the Empire State Building → masterminding the construction of the Empire State Building →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
notableIdea	advocacy of widespread stock market investment in the 1920s → promotion of small-investor stock ownership in the United States →
notableProject	financing General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) →
notableResidence	“Havre de Grace” estate near Wilmington, Delaware →
notableWork	Empire State Building →
numberOfChildren	13 →
occupation	businessman → executive → financier →
placeOfBirth	Lockport, New York →
placeOfDeath	Centreville, Maryland →
politicalActivity	key fundraiser for the Democratic Party in the 1920s → supporter of Alfred E. Smith’s 1928 presidential campaign →
positionHeld	chairman of the Democratic National Committee → vice president of finance at General Motors →
religion	Roman Catholic Church →
residence	Centreville, Maryland → Wilmington, Delaware →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Helena Springer Green →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Empire State Building →	developer
John J. Raskob ("John Jakob Raskob") →	fullName