Jay Gould
American railroad magnate and financier (1836-1892) · United States · On the map · Investors · Died at 56
Jay Gould 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 19th century.
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Jay Gould (right) in 1855
"History of Jay Gould," part of promotional booklet series "Histories of Poor Boys Who Became Rich and Other Famous People," published by W. Duke, Sons & Co. in 1888
First Mortgage Bond of the Troy, Salem and Rutland Rail Road Company, issued 1 July 1865, signed by Jay Gould
1882 cartoon depicting Wall Street as "Jay Gould's Private Bowling Alley"
Gould purchased Lyndhurst on the east bank of the Hudson River as a country home in 1880
Gould's portrait hanging in his office at Lyndhurst
The mausoleum of Jay GouldAbout this person
Gould was an unpopular figure during his life and remains controversial.
