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American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913)
is recorded as having planned to sail on ’s maiden voyage and even maintained a personal suite on the ship, but he did not board — he canceled his passage shortly before departure for reasons variousl...
The Titanic was built for and operated by but was financed through corporate structures dominated by ’s holding company, , which controlled White Star Line as part of a transatlantic shipping trust . ...
John Pierpont Morgan was the principal financial architect behind the International Mercantile Marine Company (IMM), the American holding trust that acquired control of the White Star Line and thus ex...