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He left most of it to his family.

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Cornelius Vanderbilt was an American steamship and railroad builder. He was a man of boundless energy, and his acute business sense enabled him to outmaneuver his rivals. He left an estate of almost $100 million.
He went on to make his fortune in the steamship business

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He was the owner of a railroad and that was in demand.

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