J.P. Morgan was born in 1837 in Hartford, Connecticut to a wealthy family. He worked as a banker and financier, financing railroads and other industries. Though he helped improve working conditions and donated to charities, he was criticized for unfair business practices like slashing workers' wages and forming monopolies. After his death in 1913, his bank continued to grow and is now one of the largest in the world.

1. J.P Morgan

2. Early life
● Born April 17th 1837
● Married Amelia Sturges and Frances Louisa Tracy
● He lived in Hartford, Connecticut
● His dad was a wealthy man, he came from a wealthy family
● Had four children, J.P Jr., Anne, Louisa, and Juliet
● His dad was the founder of Yale University
● Today his net worth is between 38 to 41.5 billion dollars

3. How did he spend/make his money?
● Was a banker and financier
● Financed railroads
● Electrician
● Donated to charities, churches, schools and hospitals
● Bought lots of Artwork

4. How did he treat his workers?
● Even though he fought to help workers in bad working
conditions.
● He treated his own workers poorly
● To process a monopoly he slashed down his workers
wages.

5. Good things
● He was big in railroads, banking, and steel
● Modernized houses and capitalism
● Helped overcome the crisis of 1893 and 1903

6. Bad things
● Unfair monopolies and money trusts
● Bought out small companies
● Too much power for one man
● Very influential with the government

7. His legacy
● He died on March 31,1913 in Rome, Italy lived 75 years
● In 2000 J.P. Morgan emerged with Chase bank to become JP Morgan
Chase
● The biggest bank in the world
● More than 75 banks in the world
● After that his son took over the bank as of 2014 41.5 bill net worth
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