George Jay Gould
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican businessman (1864-1923)
United StatesLived 1864 to 1923 · aged 59Fame49.3
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George Jay Gould I was a financier and the son of Jay Gould. He was himself a railroad executive, leading the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW), Western Pacific Railroad (WP), and the Manhattan Railway Company.
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![Gould as depicted in [[Vanity Fair (British magazine)|Vanity Fair]], September 1894. Gould had bought Vigilant,{{cite news |title=The Sloop Vigilant Sold. George J. Gould To Be The Owner Of The Cup Defender |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D00E5D61638E233A2575AC1A9629C94659ED7CF |quote=Mr. George J. Gould has purchased the Vigilant. The gentlemen, who had the yacht built last season to defend the America's Cup against the Valkyrie met yesterday afternoon and decided to accept the terms offered by Mr. Gould. Mr. Gould is to pay $25,000 for the boat. This will be a big surprise to yachtsmen, as Mr. Gould's name was never thought of in connection with the famous cup defender. |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=April 19, 1894 |access-date=2012-08-10 }} the winner of the previous year's [[America's Cup]], and was racing it in England."}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwDw">"Vigilant"Gould as depicted in Vanity Fair, September 1894. Gould had bought Vigilant,[1] the winner of the previous year's America's Cup, and was racing it in England.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/George_Jay_Gould_Vanity_Fair_27_September_1894.JPG?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
Gould as depicted in [[Vanity Fair (British magazine)|Vanity Fair]], September 1894. Gould had bought Vigilant,{{cite news |title=The Sloop Vigilant Sold. George J. Gould To Be The Owner Of The Cup Defender |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D00E5D61638E233A2575AC1A9629C94659ED7CF |quote=Mr. George J. Gould has purchased the Vigilant. The gentlemen, who had the yacht built last season to defend the America's Cup against the Valkyrie met yesterday afternoon and decided to accept the terms offered by Mr. Gould. Mr. Gould is to pay $25,000 for the boat. This will be a big surprise to yachtsmen, as Mr. Gould's name was never thought of in connection with the famous cup defender. |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=April 19, 1894 |access-date=2012-08-10 }} the winner of the previous year's [[America's Cup]], and was racing it in England."}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwDw">"Vigilant"Gould as depicted in Vanity Fair, September 1894. Gould had bought Vigilant,[1] the winner of the previous year's America's Cup, and was racing it in England.
Gould and his family at the wedding of his sister, Helen Miller Shepard in 1913In their orbit 15
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Lived 1864 to 1923 · aged 59
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