Dominated corporate finance on Wall Street in the Gilded Age and drove a wave of industrial mergers around 1900, U.S. Steel among them; his bank became JPMorgan Chase. Died in 1913.
6 biographies about them
Two first-rank books, one a family-and-firm history and one a life.
The Morgan banks from 1830s London to J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley in the 1980s.
Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Paul Graham
J. Pierpont Morgan's life, drawn from family and business papers others had not used.
How bankers used depositors' money to control industry, from the Pujo inquiry.
The House of Morgan from Peabody's London firm to J. Pierpont Morgan's death in 1913.
The 1907 panic day by day, from a failed copper corner to J.P. Morgan's rescue.
Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai and 1 other
J. P. Morgan from the Civil War to 1913: railroads, US Steel and rescues.
| The Unknown J. P. Morgan Paywall | The New Yorker | 1999 |
| Mighty Dealer in Dollars—I Paywall | The New Yorker | 1929 |