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=__//Jacob Henry Schiff//__=

Jacob Henry Schiff was born on January 10, 1847. Schiff dies on September 25, 1920. Jacob was born in Frankfurt-Maine, Germany. Jacob lived in Maine, Germany until he was 18 years old. Jacob Henry Schiff moved to the U.S when he was 18 years old. He went to New York City.

Then after a while in New York City he had multiple banking jobs. He became the head of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb, CO. That company grew to one of two most influential private international banking houses of the western hemisphere. He made most of his money from this business.

Some interesting facts about Jacob Henry Schiff are, he emigrated to the U.S from Germany in 1865. He became a partner in a brokerage house in New York City. When he was 38 he became the head of the banking house of Kuhn, Loeb and company. Where he became associated with E.H Harriman in notable contents with the house of Morgan with the control of western railroads.

One of the entrepreneurs that helped Jacob Henry Schiff to be wealthy was Lillian Wald. In 1893 she founded the Henry street settlement. Jacob Henry Schiff was a Captain of Industry because he becomes the head of a big bank and company in New York City. That company became one of two of the most influential businesses in New York City. Before he became head he had just a few other banking jobs at different banks. He had to work to get his job and that is how he got so wealthy and how he became head of the banking company. __ Bibliography- __ Jacob Henry Schiff, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob Schiff, www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org, Monday, February 20, 2008. __ References __ - en. Wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob Schiff -www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org