Jay Gould
Jay Gould | |
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| Born | Jason Gould May 27, 1836 Roxbury, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 2, 1892 (aged 56) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Financier |
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| Children | George Jay Edwin Helen Howard Anna Frank Jay |
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Jason Gould (/ɡuːld/; May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who founded the Gould business dynasty. He is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. His sharp and often unscrupulous business practices made him one of the wealthiest men of the late nineteenth century. Gould was an unpopular figure during his life and remains controversial.