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AHC - American Titans (2015) Part 4 Vanderbilt vs. Drew
American Heroes Channel profiles the tycoons who made America - and the backs on which they stood to make their millions - in the series “AMERICAN TITANS” Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Edison; a roll call of the founding fathers of the Fortune 500. This dramatic series tells stories behind the men who made America. They are ruthless, brilliant and will do anything to win. Rockefeller, Carnegie, Edison, Tesla, Hearst, and Pulitzer their legacies live down through the ages, emblazoned on museums, universities, banks, charities, and the richest of American real estate. Ferocious drive, innovation and often sheer recklessness took these visionaries to the top of the rich-and-powerful list and ultimately made America the mightiest nation on earth. Despite their wealth and power, these titans of industry and captains of commerce were not always philanthropic, often driven by greed, ambition, jealousy and revenge. You can't build a fortune without making a few enemies. From Edison and Tesla's high-voltage war of the currents to Rockefeller and Scott's row over the growth of oil, AMERICAN TITANS relies on cinematic recreations and expert commentary to reveal what it took for the founding fathers of the Fortune 500 to steer the Industrial Revolution into the Gilded Age. During this era of incredible industrial potential, there were many on the road to absolute power - these are the stories of those who out-fought, out-spent, and out-smarted their rivals to reserve their chapter in the history books and make America what it is today.
Part 4 Vanderbilt vs. Drew
Railroad kingpin Cornelius Vanderbilt takes on his old friend Daniel Drew in a Wall Street war for the Erie Railroad. Vanderbilt has millions, but sly Drew and his proteges, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk are set to break the bank of America's biggest tycoon. At the end of the Civil War, Cornelius Vanderbilt has built a formidable railroad empire centered in New York City but needs one more line to complete his portfolio the Erie Railroad. Despite being one of the biggest companies in America, the Erie has a reputation of being unstable thanks in large part to its treasurer Daniel Drew, who shamelessly manipulated the company stock to line his pockets. This is not the first time these two titans have fought, but Drew has invariably lost out to Vanderbilt's huge wealth and friends in high places. This time, Drew has a secret weapon in two of the smartest operators on Wall Street. They were recently elected onto the Erie's board of directors and are hatching a cunning plan to stop Vanderbilt from his hostile takeover of the company and make a killing in the process.
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