J.P. Morgan
Everyone recognizes the name J.P. Morgan, and people tend to associate it with wealth. That’s because he was an American financier and banker who founded J.P. Morgan & Co., one of the country’s leading financial firms. He trained as an accountant at the New York banking firm, Duncan, Sherman Company.
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He then got involved in his dad’s banking company, which led him to become a Drexel, Morgan, and Company partner. In 1895, the firm was updated and became J.P. Morgan & Company. This company eventually evolved into one of the most important banking houses in the world.