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How Andrew Carnegie Accumulated Wealth: From Rags to Riches

Early Life and Career of Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Scotland. His parents were poor weavers who migrated to the United States in search of a better life when Carnegie was just 12 years old. Settling in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the young Carnegie started working in a factory as a bobbin boy, earning a…