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John Jacob Astor was a German-born American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor. Astor made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by exporting opium into the Chinese Empire, and by investing in real estate in or around New York City during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the Un…

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business · German-born American businessman (1763–1848) · entrepreneur · wholesaler · merchant · also John Jacob Astor I, John Jacob Astor, Johann Jakob Astor, I

Born 17 July 1763 · Died 29 March 1848 · Q57423

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The first hundred thousand dollars—that was hard to get; but afterward it was easy to make more.
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Could I begin life again, knowing what I know now, and had money to invest, I would buy every foot of land on the island of Manhattan.
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John Jacob Astor I

When the association football club FC Astoria Walldorf was formed in Astor's birthplace in Germany, the group added "Astoria" to its name in his, and the family's, honor

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John Jacob Astor Jr. (1791–1869), was sickly and mentally unstable.

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1848· 4 entries

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Died 1848-03-29.

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“Could I begin life again, knowing what I know now, and had money to invest, I would buy every foot of land on the island of Manhattan.”

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“The first hundred thousand dollars—that was hard to get; but afterward it was easy to make more.”

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1848Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Astor was the wealthiest person in the United States, leaving an estate estimated to be worth between $20 and $30 million, (equivalent to about $744 million to $1116 million in 2025) or 0

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John Jacob Astor founded the Town of Astor in Wisconsin

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Diversifying by investing in New York City real estate

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Astor established the Robert Stuart House on Mackinac Island in Michigan as headquarters for the reorganized American Fur Company, making the island a metropolis of the fur trade

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And 1804, he bought considerable holdings from the disgraced Aaron Burr

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Bought a 70-acre farm where he built the Astor Mansion at Hellgate

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Following the example of the Empress of China, the first American trading vessel to China, Astor traded mostly opium, but also, furs, teas, and sandalwood at the port of Canton in China, and greatly benefited from it

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1763· 1 entry

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Born 1763-07-17.

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