William Henry Vanderbilt

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19th-century American person American billionaire businessman railroad magnate

William Henry Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American businessman and railroad magnate who became one of the wealthiest men in the United States as the principal heir and successor to Cornelius Vanderbilt.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century American person → American billionaire → businessman → railroad magnate →
birthDate	1821-05-08 →
birthPlace	New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States →
burialPlace	Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York, United States →
child	Cornelius Vanderbilt II → Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb → Emily Thorn Vanderbilt → Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly → Frederick William Vanderbilt → George Washington Vanderbilt II → Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard → William Kissam Vanderbilt →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1885-12-08 →
deathPlace	New York City, New York, United States →
familyName	Vanderbilt →
father	Cornelius Vanderbilt →
fullName	William Henry Vanderbilt →
genreOfActivity	banking and finance → railroad industry →
givenName	William →
inheritedFrom	Cornelius Vanderbilt →
knownFor	being one of the wealthiest men in the United States in the 19th century → rapidly increasing the Vanderbilt family fortune → the phrase "The public be damned" →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
managed	Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway → New York Central and Hudson River Railroad →
memberOf	Vanderbilt family →
mother	Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt →
netWorthAtDeath	approximately 200 million US dollars →
notableWork	expansion of the New York Central Railroad system →
occupation	businessman → financier → railroad executive →
philanthropy	donations to Vanderbilt University → support for medical and educational institutions in New York → support for the Metropolitan Museum of Art →
positionHeld	head of the Vanderbilt family railroad interests → president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway → president of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad →
religion	Methodism →
residence	New York City, New York, United States →
spouse	Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt →
wealthStatus	richest man in the world at the time of his death →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cornelius Vanderbilt II → Frederick William Vanderbilt → George Washington Vanderbilt II → William Kissam Vanderbilt →	father
Cornelius Vanderbilt →	child
William Henry Vanderbilt →	fullName
Cornelius Vanderbilt family →	hasMember
William Kissam Vanderbilt →	inheritedFrom
Vanderbilt family →	notableMember