When Gilded Age Billionaires Die Broke: Charles M. Schwab and His Family

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  • Опубліковано 12 січ 2025

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  • @oldmoneyluxury
    @oldmoneyluxury  Місяць тому +8

    COMMENT: Which modern billionaire reminds you most of Charles M. Schwab - Do you see any similar patterns between today's tech titans and the steel magnates of the Gilded Age?

  • @johnbethea4505
    @johnbethea4505 Місяць тому +36

    He lost his wealth due to the Great Depression as did many of other rich people. But, he seemed to be a great and caring person to his community and to his workers. Getting rich is hard, but keeping it is harder.

  • @palmlimit9297
    @palmlimit9297 Місяць тому +15

    Immergrun (aka…The Schwab estate or Mount Assisi as it’s known today) his summer home still stands here at the top of town in Loretto, Pa.
    It is owned as a retirement home for the clergy by the Altoona-Johnstown diocese ever since it first went to auction in the 1930s.
    The house and the grounds are off-limits however, you can park by the greenhouse and walk the gardens.
    My great grandfather & great uncle were employed by him. My grandmother (she was very young) used to tell me a story about Mrs. Schwab, giving each one of the employees children, a piece of candy on arrival at the estate.

  • @Clayboy-vg6vo
    @Clayboy-vg6vo Місяць тому +8

    The legacy of having pioneered ideas & bettered the lives of millions lesser fortunate people, superimposes ANY financial gains or loss. A Life Well Lived, in my view.
    Many thanks

  • @GiovanniDouglas700
    @GiovanniDouglas700 Місяць тому +10

    Loosing it all sounds like the Vanderbilts💛

  • @rickwilliamson1417
    @rickwilliamson1417 Місяць тому +6

    Great man great story

  • @TM-yn4iu
    @TM-yn4iu Місяць тому +2

    This was a wonderful video, narrative, video, and facts. I found it intriguing, with a bit of sadness. Wealth, I believe - at that time - was like ice in your hand. So many people lived on a paper value, without a safety mechanism. Thanks again , much appreciated!

  • @deanjacobs1766
    @deanjacobs1766 Місяць тому +4

    Schwab was brilliant but his profession was unstable. That’s why Carnegie sold out to Morgan. The economy was subject to wild swings. Our ship building industry fluctuated between boom and bust, Schwab was involved in combining already established shipyards with steel mills for WW1, but by the end of the twenties American ship building was on the wane.

  • @Sherry-v2r
    @Sherry-v2r Місяць тому +5

    Remarkable man.

  • @billyjean9484
    @billyjean9484 Місяць тому +8

    Why not put aside a million for a rainy day?

    • @brianjones7660
      @brianjones7660 Місяць тому

      I have asked that myself.
      Put a million in one of the Federal Reserve banks ( 20 of them) which never failed in the depression and go on...😢

  • @theoisaac9948
    @theoisaac9948 Місяць тому +5

    Hmmm. Enjoy your day, sir.

  • @christophersmith1155
    @christophersmith1155 Місяць тому +6

    is this the same charles schwab of the investment group ?

  • @matthewgaydos8642
    @matthewgaydos8642 Місяць тому +3

    Cheers ol' boy!😊😊😊😊

  • @lancekincaid5610
    @lancekincaid5610 Місяць тому +2

    I was a CHEAPSKATE before my stroke, I must be a MIZER now !!!!
    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I have a problem buying myself groceries !!!

  • @jhoenjet
    @jhoenjet Місяць тому +1

    They still are rich.. together with the rest of them.

  • @dosrios57
    @dosrios57 Місяць тому +2

    always diversify

  • @timr31908
    @timr31908 Місяць тому +1

    If you want to be rich do with the rich people do... We could use more jobs for the public..😊

  • @arthurmekerdoumian3264
    @arthurmekerdoumian3264 11 днів тому

    😢😢😢😢😢

  • @timlies3627
    @timlies3627 Місяць тому

    Story goood

  • @NoOne-hq9cp
    @NoOne-hq9cp Місяць тому

    I've lost a few trillion but i couldn't bear a fourth

  • @michaelpourvakil8541
    @michaelpourvakil8541 Місяць тому

    👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

  • @Oldjongcrow416
    @Oldjongcrow416 Місяць тому

    😳🤌 yikes

  • @stuartloggins3691
    @stuartloggins3691 Місяць тому

    Musk

  • @Madasin_Paine
    @Madasin_Paine Місяць тому +3

    And not even his friends and family could put him back together again, nor his ass ∅ cia ate $...
    What's the story about the inverse relationship between money power and friendship and family?

    • @nategray4989
      @nategray4989 Місяць тому

      CIA?

    • @nategray4989
      @nategray4989 Місяць тому

      Again what does the cia have to do with him.

    • @alanpowell9886
      @alanpowell9886 Місяць тому

      ​@@nategray4989 I think the word was meant to be associates but typos and auto correct transformed the word.

  • @melaber77
    @melaber77 Місяць тому +1

    First to Like 🎉