John Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American business magnate, real estate developer, investor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family.

John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German-born American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor. Astor made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by exporting opium into the Chinese Empire (Manchu China), and by investing in real estate in or around New York City.

2014年4月2日 · Financier, soldier and inventor John Jacob Astor IV built the Astoria section of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1897. He built several other notable New York City hotels, including the St....

1996年9月1日 · John Jacob Astor was the wealthiest person aboard the Titanic, he travelled with his young pregnant wife Madeleine.

John Jacob Astor (born July 17, 1763, Waldorf, Ger.—died March 29, 1848, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was a fur magnate and founder of a renowned family of Anglo-American capitalists, business leaders, and philanthropists. His American Fur Company is considered the first American business monopoly.

2023年6月1日 · John Jacob Astor IV was one of the wealthiest individuals in the world when he boarded the ill-fated RMS Titanic in 1912. He hailed from the illustrious Astor family, renowned for their real estate empire and known as one of the richest families in the United States.

2014年4月2日 · Fur trader and real estate investor John Jacob Astor was one of the leading businessmen of his day and the founder of an American fur trade dynasty.

2024年4月15日 · When John Jacob Astor IV died on the Titanic 112 years ago, he was one of the world's richest people. He built landmark New York hotels like the Astoria Hotel and the St. Regis....

2024年5月26日 · John Jacob Astor IV was an American millionaire businessman and real estate developer who perished aboard the RMS Titanic in 1912. As the richest passenger on the ill-fated ship and head of one of America‘s most storied dynasties, Astor‘s life and death came to embody the opulence and tragedy of the Gilded Age.

Colonel John Jacob Astor IV was one of the wealthiest and most prominent passengers aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic. Born on July 13, 1864, in Rhinebeck, New York, Astor was a real estate developer, inventor, and a member of the famous Astor family.