Question

Important business and banking leader at the turn of the century

Answer 1

J.P. Morgan was the most important business and banking leader at the turn of the 20th century. His name is John Pierpont Morgan and he financed railroads and helped to organize US Steel and General Electric. His involvement with banking set up the future bank we now know as JP Morgan and Chase and he was one of the wealthiest people in the USA at the turn of the 20th century.