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Vanderbilt, William H.


United States, Business Person    (1821-05-08 to 1885-12-08)
• Railroad tycoon, financier, philanthropist
• 1881 : Paid over $100,000 to have an ancient Egyptian obelisk erected in New York's Central Park
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