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Jay Gould

1836 - 1892

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Jason Gould (; May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who founded the Gould business dynasty. He is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. His sharp and often unscrupulous business practices made him one of the wealthiest men of the late nineteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jay Gould has received more than 1,824,411 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jay Gould is the 538th most popular businessperson (down from 466th in 2019), the 7,440th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,482nd in 2019) and the 177th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 46.95

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Jay Gould ranks 538 out of 847. Before him are William McGregor, James Smith McDonnell, Joe Sutter, Richard Hilton, David Richards, and Sam Panopoulos. After him are Trip Hawkins, George Williams, Ravil Maganov, Richard Bass, Leonid Mikhelson, and Susan Kare.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Jay Gould ranks 70. Before him are John W. Foster, W. S. Gilbert, Ferdinand Monoyer, Harry Rosenbusch, Isabella Beeton, and Greene Vardiman Black. After him are Casimir de Candolle, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Adolf Schwarz, Justiniano Borgoño, and Pablo Arosemena. Among people deceased in 1892, Jay Gould ranks 72. Before him are Caroline Harrison, John Pope, Pashko Vasa, Amelia Edwards, Dimitrie Brătianu, and Henry Edward Manning. After him are Alexandre Levy, Dimitrios Valvis, Georgi Valkovich, Ernestine Rose, Joaquín Jovellar y Soler, and Juana Manuela Gorriti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jay Gould ranks 7,440 out of 20,380. Before him are James Stacy (1936), George Crook (1828), Ernie Pyle (1900), Christy Turlington (1969), Van McCoy (1940), and Beth Broderick (1959). After him are Israel Putnam (1718), Ronnie Bucknum (1936), Bruce Kirby (1925), John Ostrom (1928), Marshmello (1992), and Robert Harron (1893).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Jay Gould ranks 177. Before him are Steve Forbes (1947), Jamie Dimon (1956), Ben Bradlee (1921), James Smith McDonnell (1899), Joe Sutter (1921), and Richard Hilton (1955). After him are Trip Hawkins (1953), Richard Bass (1929), Susan Kare (1954), Herb Kohl (1935), Christy Walton (1949), and Sherry Lansing (1944).

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