Morgan family

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The Morgan family is a prominent American banking dynasty best known for its role in founding and leading the House of Morgan financial empire.

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Morgan family canonical 5
Morgan banking family 1
Morgan financial family 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American family
banking dynasty
associatedWithInstitution The Morgan Library & Museum NERFINISHED
associatedWithOrganization Drexel, Morgan & Co. NERFINISHED
Guaranty Trust Company of New York NERFINISHED
House of Morgan NERFINISHED
International Harvester (through finance) NERFINISHED
J.P. Morgan & Co. NERFINISHED
Morgan Stanley NERFINISHED
Morgan, Grenfell & Co. NERFINISHED
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (through finance) NERFINISHED
Northern Securities Company (through finance) NERFINISHED
U.S. Steel (through finance) NERFINISHED
associatedWithSector international finance
railroads
steel industry
utilities
basedIn London (through Morgan, Grenfell & Co.)
New York City
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
economicImpact shaped U.S. financial markets in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
fieldOfActivity banking
finance
investment banking
hasAncestralOrigin New England NERFINISHED
Wales NERFINISHED
hasNotableMember George Peabody (business associate and mentor) NERFINISHED
Henry Sturgis Morgan NERFINISHED
J. P. Morgan NERFINISHED
J. P. Morgan Jr. NERFINISHED
John Pierpont Morgan Jr. NERFINISHED
Junius Spencer Morgan NERFINISHED
influenced corporate finance in the United States
development of modern American investment banking
industrial consolidation in the Gilded Age
railroad consolidation in the United States
knownFor financing U.S. government debt in financial crises
influence over Wall Street
organizing large corporate mergers
philanthropy in arts and education
legacy contributed to the formation of modern JPMorgan Chase & Co.
notableFor founding the House of Morgan
leadership of major American and international banks
relatedDynasty Rockefeller family (as contemporary financial-industrial dynasty) NERFINISHED
Rothschild family (as peer international banking dynasty) NERFINISHED
reputation one of the most powerful banking families in American history
timePeriodOfProminence early 20th century
late 19th century

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House of Morgan associatedWith Morgan family
Morgan associatedWith Morgan family
subject surface form: House of Morgan
Morgan memberOf Morgan family
subject surface form: J. P. Morgan
Junius Spencer Morgan memberOf Morgan family
this entity surface form: Morgan banking family
Henry Sturgis Morgan memberOf Morgan family
Henry Sturgis Morgan memberOf Morgan family
this entity surface form: Morgan financial family