Wealthy businessmen of the gilded age who followed in the footsteps of andrew carnegie in donating their wealth included leland stanford and william gladden. charles darwin and william gladden. john d. rockefeller and charles darwin. john d. rockefeller and leland stanford.

These men were known as Captains of industry, or robber barons. They started the nations first monopolies. Some of them were also Philanthropist, meaning they donated their wealth for cause.

John D. Rockefeller and Leland Stanford

b - those executed came from every social and economic class