About
Businessman and investor who became the first American multimillionaire after creating a monopoly in the fur trading industry.
Before Fame
His first job was working for his father as a dairy salesmen.
Trivia
He started his business smuggling opium around the time of the Revolutionary War.
Family Life
He had one brother. He married Sarah Cox Todd, and together they had eight children.
Associated With
He bought a lease on Manhattan island from Aaron Burr.
