Meyer Guggenheim

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Meyer Guggenheim
File:Meyer Guggenheim.jpg
Born (1828-02-01)February 1, 1828
Lengnau, Aargau, Switzerland[1]
Died Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.
Palm Beach, Florida, USA[1]
Known for Guggenheim family
Children Isaac Guggenheim
Daniel Guggenheim
Murry Guggenheim
Solomon R. Guggenheim
Simon Guggenheim
Benjamin Guggenheim
William Guggenheim
3 daughters

Meyer Guggenheim (February 1, 1828 – March 15, 1905)[1] was an American businessman of Swiss-Jewish descent, and the patriarch of what became known as the Guggenheim family.

Biography

He was born in Lengnau, Aargau, Switzerland on February 1, 1828. He emigrated to the United States in 1847.[1] He started out in the importing business, but made his and his family's fortune (which was one of the largest fortunes of the 19th century) in mining and smelting.

Guggenheim invested in silver mines of the Leadville mining district of Colorado. From mining he expanded into ore smelting, also in Colorado, then built a number of smelters across the US and in northern Mexico. As his sons grew up, they took leading roles in the family mining and smelting business.[2]

Guggenheim and his wife Barbara had ten surviving children. Five of his seven sons were active in the family businesses:

His other two sons were Benjamin (1865–1912), who died in the Titanic disaster, and William.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. National Mining Hall of Fame, Meyer Guggenheim, accessed 13 January 2014

External links

<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>