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Henry Clay Frick



Henry clay Frick was born in1849 and died in1919 the strapping lad was born in Overton, Pennsylvania. For the majority of his life he lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Henry was born into a family of farmers with very simple lives. Frick became a grocery clerk first in his life and then a bookkeeper in his grandpa’s distillery. Every bit of money he could save or borrow was invested in the purchase of land and the building of coke ovens, his company. when he was 21, Frick joined two of his cousins and one of his friend in a small partnership, using a certain type of oven to turn coal into coke, for use at his coke ovens steel company. His company evolved as he grew and it became better and better which made him as wealthy as he was before he passed. If you already couldn’t tell he made all of his money in the steel manufacturing company. He was a very Rude person, and he was generally hated by everyone that worked for him but he was an excellent boss/worker. He got along rather well with other entrepreneurs because he supplied coke, for use in there factories so they really couldn’t argue. You notice that he entrapped peoples companies such as Andrew Carnegies steel company, because they need the coke. Later on in time, today, Henry Frick is still talked about in the news stands and other forms of media because of his legacy and his influential impact on the world of industry, and Pittsburgh’s industry.