1836 - 1892
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 1,713,699 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jay Gould is the 466th most popular businessperson (down from 376th in 2019), the 6,496th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,706th in 2019) and the 154th most popular American Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Jay Gould ranks 466 out of 601. Before him are Isabella Beeton, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Zhong Shanshan, Teddy Mayer, Dmitry Rybolovlev, and Lila Tretikov. After him are Stephen A. Schwarzman, Ana Botín, Richard Bass, Steve Forbes, Sean Parker, and Sheryl Sandberg.
1836 - 1865
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 460
1822 - 1897
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 461
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 462
1935 - 2009
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 463
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 464
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 465
1836 - 1892
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 466
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 467
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 468
1929 - 2015
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 469
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 470
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 471
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 472
Among people born in 1836, Jay Gould ranks 62. Before him are Bret Harte, Ferdinand Monoyer, Robert Swinhoe, Michał Elwiro Andriolli, Adolf Schwarz, and Isabella Beeton. After him are W. S. Gilbert, Casimir de Candolle, John W. Foster, Greene Vardiman Black, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and Remigio Morales Bermúdez. Among people deceased in 1892, Jay Gould ranks 60. Before him are Henri Duveyrier, Pashko Vasa, Amelia Edwards, Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg, James B. Francis, and Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau. After him are José María Castro Madriz, John Pope, Dimitrie Brătianu, Henry Edward Manning, Sereno Watson, and Dimitrios Valvis.
1836 - 1902
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 56
1836 - 1912
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 57
1836 - 1877
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 58
1836 - 1893
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 59
1836 - 1910
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 60
1836 - 1865
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 61
1836 - 1892
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 62
1836 - 1911
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 63
1836 - 1918
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 64
1836 - 1917
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 65
1836 - 1915
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 66
1836 - 1907
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 67
1836 - 1894
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 68
1840 - 1892
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 54
1825 - 1892
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 55
1831 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 56
1815 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 57
1815 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 58
1810 - 1892
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 59
1836 - 1892
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 60
1818 - 1892
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 61
1822 - 1892
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 62
1818 - 1892
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 63
1808 - 1892
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 64
1826 - 1892
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 65
1814 - 1892
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 66
Among people born in United States, Jay Gould ranks 6,496 out of 18,182. Before him are Lester Bowie (1941), Iwao Takamoto (1925), Jennifer Capriati (1976), Chris Andersen (1978), Pat Torpey (1953), and Richard Burgi (1958). After him are Richard Powers (1957), Nathan Hale (1755), Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), Nick Carter (1980), Betty Buckley (1947), and David Weber (1952).
1941 - 1999
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 6,490
1925 - 2007
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 6,491
1976 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,492
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,493
1953 - 2018
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,494
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,495
1836 - 1892
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,496
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,497
1755 - 1776
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,498
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,499
1980 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,500
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,501
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,502
Among businesspeople born in United States, Jay Gould ranks 154. Before him are Mary Barra (1961), Trip Hawkins (1953), Eli Lilly (1838), Gregory Olsen (1945), Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822), and Teddy Mayer (1935). After him are Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), Richard Bass (1929), Steve Forbes (1947), Sean Parker (1979), Sheryl Sandberg (1969), and Mark Cuban (1958).
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 148
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 149
1838 - 1898
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 150
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 151
1822 - 1897
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 152
1935 - 2009
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 153
1836 - 1892
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 154
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 155
1929 - 2015
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 156
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 157
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 158
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 159
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 160