The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.Andrew Carnegie
“The first man gets the oyster; the second man gets the shell.”
“The first man gets the oyster; the second man gets the shell.”
— ANDREW CARNEGIE
Industrialist and philanthropist · 1835 – 1919
Scottish-American steel magnate Andrew Carnegie built Carnegie Steel into the largest steel empire of the nineteenth century. After selling his company in 1901, he devoted his fortune to philanthropy, funding some 2,500 public libraries and preaching his 'Gospel of Wealth'.
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