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Robert Schuyler

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American railroad magnate

United StatesBusiness ProfessionalsLived 1798 to 1855 · aged 57
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Robert Schuyler or Robert Livingston Schuyler, was a financier, steamboat operator, and railroad president who acted as the de facto head of the prominent Schuyler family during his adulthood. " He had a role in America's first large-scale stock fraud on the New York and New Haven Railroad.

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Robert Schuyler or Robert Livingston Schuyler, was a financier, steamboat operator, and railroad president who acted as the de facto head of the prominent Schuyler family during his adulthood. Schuyler was called "America's first railroad king." He had a role in America's first large-scale stock fraud on the New York and New Haven Railroad. His scandal is among the greatest scandals in Wall Street history alongside the Bernie Madoff scandal and the Richard Whitney scandal.

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United States
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Business Professionals
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Business Professional
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deceased
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Lived 1798 to 1855 · aged 57
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