Jay Cooke
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Jay Cooke
Jay Cookewas an American financier who helped finance the Union war effort during the American Civil War and the postwar development of railroads in the northwestern United States. He is generally acknowledged as the first major investment banker in the United States and creator of the first wire house firm...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth10 August 1821
CountryUnited States of America