Wealthy industrialists in the late 19th century became known as "robber barons" and "captains of industry" as a way to gain financial advantage. As well as making their wealth, they used it for good, ...

In recent years, the American view of billionaires has shifted negatively. In 2021, 29% of surveyed Americans believed that ...

It is well known that in the early Middle Ages, or rather during the Dark Ages, the original robber barons, the feudal lords of certain small German principalities, made periodical raids upon ...

The Gilded Age's George Russell is based on a real-life robber baron whose contentious relationship with the real Mrs. Astor hints at George's arc.

In the 1870s, the term "robber baron" was first used to describe an exploitative class of industrialists who utilized their wealth to create monopolies of resources and amass control in the ...

The term "robber baron", ... In his will, the industrialist tycoon gifted the home and its entire contents, art collection included, to the American people, along with a $15 million (£12m) endowment ...