I think Vanderbilt was successful. He was successful because he was doing good in his business. He also had other peoples businesses. he made lots of money in his business at the ferry line. I also think that Vanderbilt started working to young as kid, quitting school to young.
I made lots of money in the ferry business. I was born in may 27, 1974, in port Richmond, new York. I started my own company, then controlling the Hudson river traffic. I was inspired by my father. I started young as a kid, at age 11, dropping out of school to work for my father. When I was 16, I earned 100$ for landscaping my fathers lan and used that money to buy myself a boat.
By mid 1840s, I controlled over 100 steam boats. In the 1860s, I purchased railroads that were doing poorly in business. Just five years into the railroad business, I was making over 25 million dollars. In 1868, my wife died, Sophia.