United States Steel Corp. - 1920's-50's dated Steel Stock Certificate - Bought Carnegie Steel for $492 Million
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Stock w/ vignette of steelworkers in a steel mill. Very attractive borders. Great stock of one of America's most historic companies. Available in Green, Brown or Olive. Please specify color.
Carnegie Steel Company was acquired in 1901 by the United States Steel Corporation, an entity newly established by J.P. Morgan. The sale amounted to approximately $492 million, equivalent to $14.8 billion in 2019, with Carnegie receiving $226 million from the transaction. U.S. Steel operated as a conglomerate with various subsidiary companies, one of which was renamed the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company in 1936.
United States Steel Corporation, commonly referred to as U.S. Steel, is an integrated steel manufacturer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with production facilities located in the United States and Central Europe. As of 2018, it ranked as the 27th largest steel producer globally and the second largest in the United States, following Nucor Corporation. The company underwent a name change to USX Corporation in 1986 but reverted to United States Steel in 2001 after divesting its energy sector, which included Marathon Oil and other assets related to its primary steel operations. U.S. Steel was established on March 2, 1901, by J. P. Morgan, who financed the merger of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company, Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company, and William Henry "Judge" Moore's National Steel Company for a total of $492 million, equivalent to approximately $15.31 billion today.
Historically, U.S. Steel held the title of the largest steel producer and the largest corporation worldwide. It was initially capitalized at $1.4 billion, which translates to around $43.6 billion today, making it the first corporation in the world to reach a billion-dollar valuation. The company established its headquarters in the Empire Building at 71 Broadway in New York City, where it remained a significant tenant for 75 years. Charles M. Schwab, an executive from Carnegie Steel who proposed the merger to Morgan, became the first President of the newly formed corporation.
A stock certificate is issued by businesses, usually companies. A stock is part of the permanent finance of a business. Normally, they are never repaid, and the investor can recover his/her money only by selling to another investor. Most stocks, or also called shares, earn dividends, at the business's discretion, depending on how well it has traded. A stockholder or shareholder is a part-owner of the business that issued the stock certificates.
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