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William Vanderbilt nació en Nuevo Brunswick (Nueva Jersey). En 1841, se casó con Maria Louisa Kissam (1821-1896), la hija de un ministro presbiteriano, con quien tuvo ocho hijos: cuatro hombres y cuatro mujeres. En 1877, heredó cerca de 100 millones de dólares de su padre, magnate ferroviario y patriarca, El Comodoro Cornelius Vanderbilt.
23 de sept. de 2018 · Born in 1878, William Kissam Vanderbilt II was the great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the fabled Commodore, who had first built the family's staggering fortune through steamship and railroad lines. Willie K. did his turn as a rail executive, too, serving for a time as president of the New York Central. He married a woman whose father had ...
verbergen. William Kissam Vanderbilt II. William Kissam Vanderbilt II, bijgenaamd Willie K. ( New York 2 maart 1878 – 8 januari 1944 ), was een lid van de steenrijke Amerikaanse familie Vanderbilt. Hij was vooral bekend als autocoureur en zeiler. Hij nam met zijn broer Harold Stirling Vanderbilt vanaf 1903 de leiding over van de vele ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt II was born on November 27, 1843, on Staten Island, New York to William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885) and Maria Louisa Kissam. Career Unissued bond of the Canada Southern Railway Company, signed by vice-president Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Other articles where William Kissam Vanderbilt is discussed: Vanderbilt family: William Kissam Vanderbilt worked with his brother Cornelius in managing the Vanderbilt investments and enterprises. But he was far less interested in business than were his brother, father, and grandfather. In 1903 William Kissam turned over management of the railroads to an outside firm and…
Brief Life History of William Kissam. When William Kissam Vanderbilt Sr. was born on 12 December 1849, in New Dorp, Richmond, New York, United States, his father, William Henry Vanderbilt I, was 28 and his mother, Maria Louisa Kissam, was 28. He married Alva Erskine Stirling Smith on 20 April 1875, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United ...
William Henry Vanderbilt. Owner of the New York Central Railroad and other railroads. William Henry Vanderbilt (May 8, 1821 – December 8, 1885) was an American businessman and philanthropist. [1] Known as "Billy," he was the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of the Vanderbilt family.
