Pittsburgh

Business Owner · Financial Services

Andrew Mellon: Pittsburgh Banker and Treasury Secretary

Andrew Mellon built Mellon National Bank and Union Trust into Pittsburgh's leading financial institutions before serving as US Treasury Secretary from 1921 to 1932.

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Business Owner · Food & Beverage

Henry J. Heinz: Co-founder of the H. J. Heinz Company

Henry J. Heinz co-founded the Pittsburgh food company that bears his name and helped secure passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act.

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Business Owner · Steel & Manufacturing

Andrew Carnegie: Founder of Carnegie Steel

Andrew Carnegie arrived in Pittsburgh at 12, worked in a cotton mill, built Carnegie Steel and sold it to J.P. Morgan for $303 million in 1901, then gave away almost 90 percent of his fortune.

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