The correct answer is Michael Faraday. Specifically, he invented the electric dynamo, which was later developed further into the power generators we know today.
Answer: They both owned major companies that monopolized their respective industries and crushed all competition. They were both philanthropists too and they both used railroads to keep their prices low.
Because it allowed the people to trust their leader if they all supported chritianity, because then they could all relate spiritually. Hope this helped :P