One of the world's largest and richest industrial business leaders of the late 19th early 20th century Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, on November 25, 1835. Andrew's family consisted of four, William Carnegie, father, Margaret Morrison Carnegie, mother, and younger brother Thomas M. Carnegie. Dunfermline was known as the center of the damask trade in Scotland; his father William Carnegie was a damask weaver. Andrew's family was not wealthy "looking at the cottage today, one wonders how two adults and a child could have lived there." However, Andrew became a very wealthy, respected and famous man later in his life. In 1848, his family moved to America for a new life, and at that time, Andrew was 12 years old. His family moved first to New York and then to Allegheny. , Pennsylvania. In Allegheny, Pennsylvania, he and his father worked at Anchor Cotton Mills. At age 14, Andrew quit his job at the cotton mill and his uncle helped him find a new job as a messenger with the Atlantic & Ohio Telegraph Company. Two years later, he got a better job at the telegraph office as a telegraph operator. Additionally, Carnegie developed a love for education. Although he had no formal education, he tried to study as much as he could at the public library; he also loved reading, music and classical literature. At the age of almost 20, Andrew became the breadwinner of his mother and younger brother Tom when his father died in October 1855. However, "Andrew was close to his uncle, with whom he would maintain all his life a conversation on history and literature. and politics. He adored his mother and would share his home with her for as long as she lived. But his father never played an important role in his life. » In 1852, Thomas Scott of O'Rielly's office...... middle of paper ...... "The Gospel of Wealth." In it, he literally urged the rich not to show the world how rich they were and to give their money to the richest. In 1891, he opened the Carnegie Hall concert hall in New York. In 1900, he founded the Carnegie Institution of Technology. In 1910, he founded the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Additionally, in 1911, he gave $125 million to the Carnegie Corporation of New York for educational needs such as schools, libraries, research, and publications. “During his lifetime, Carnegie gave more than $350 million. After his death, his last $30 million was also donated to foundations, charities and retirees. “Mr. Carnegie played a very important role in American culture. He was and is an example for many people. How an immigrant, a person from a poor family, can do so much for the world and be part of today's history.