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John Jacob Astor IV.
American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864–1912)
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About John Jacob Astor IV
John Jacob Astor IV was an American business magnate, real estate developer, and investor who was a member of the Astor family and also the Livingston family. A writer, as well as a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, he was among the most prominent American passengers aboard RMS Titanic and perished along with 1,495 others when the ship sank on her maiden voyage. Astor was the richest passenger aboard the RMS Titanic and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time, with a net worth of roughly $87 million when he died.
Everything about John Jacob Astor IV →- Occupation
- entrepreneur, inventor, writer, science fiction writer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 13, 1864, 1864
- Died
- April 15, 1912, 1912