Anthony Joseph Drexel
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Anthony Joseph Drexel Sr. was an American banker who played a major role in the rise of modern global finance after the American Civil War. As the dominant partner of Drexel & Co. of Philadelphia, he founded Drexel, Morgan & Co, which later became J.P. Morgan & Co., in New York City in 1871 with J. P. Morgan as his junior partner. He also founded Drexel University in Philadelphia in 1891.
Drexel's statue at Drexel University in Philadelphia
Historical marker commemorating Drexel in Old City, Philadelphia.
Junius Spencer Morgan
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Junius Spencer Morgan I was an American banker and financier, as well as the father of John Pierpont "J.P." Morgan and patriarch to the Morgan banking house.
George Peabody, Morgan's senior partner and the founder of the firm that would become J. S. Morgan & Co.
Morgan's decision to finance the French during the losing days of the Franco-Prussian War netted him a profit of £1.5 million.
Morgan's eldest son, J. P. Morgan, photographed by Steichen in 1903