Andrew Carnegie

My name is Andrew Carnegie and I was born in Dunfermiline, Scotland, in 1835, in a weaver's cottage with one room. For generations my family had been master hand loom weavers. As the industrial revolution introduced steam-powered looms, the family business collapsed. My family became so poor that I would go to bed early to forget about the misery of hunger. My dad had to beg for work. When I was twelve years old, I moved with my family to Pittsburgh, when my aunts lived. We all slept in one room.  A year later, I started working in a boiler room of a textile factory. I used to have terrifying nightmares about the boiler of the factory exploding. Later on, I took a job as a messenger at a telegraph office and I worked there for several years. When I turned seventeen, I became a telegrapher and assistant for a local railroad man. With my high salary, I started to invest in a sleeping car company, which became profitable. I later helped form a pig iron company to build railroad bridges, which became very profitable. In 1865, I left the railroad and moved to New York to build a steel company. Carnegie Steel grew into an empire. By 1900, my company produced more steel than all of Great Britain. A year later, i sold my company to JP Morgan. I then became the richest man in the world. With my money, I donated to three thousand libraries, parks, education, arts, and world peace.