The Astor family first rose to prominence in 19th-century America after the family patriarch, John Jacob Astor, made a ...

John Jacob Astor built his fortune in the fur business and New York real estate. John Jacob Astor III and William Backhouse Astor Jr. cofounded the Waldorf-Astoria after a feud. Modern Astor ...

In true Astor fashion, her son, John Jacob Astor IV, used the episode to make more money. Following his cousin’s example, he demolished the family house and built a 16-story hotel called the ...

John Jacob Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, also sat in the House of Lords from 1986 until his retirement in 2022, according to the UK Parliament's official website.

The Astors: Anderson Cooper on an American dynasty 07:37. Astor Place in New York's Greenwich Village is named for John Jacob Astor, America's first multi-millionaire.

John Jacob Astor left Madeleine — who gave birth to their son John Jacob Astor VI that August — $100,000 (worth over $2.75 ...

A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, sold for a record-breaking £1.175 million ($1.485 million) at auction on ...

Through this bloody, unglamorous, yet highly profitable business, John Jacob Astor began accumulating the family’s wealth in a way that Cooper and Howe describe as almost inhumane. “Profit was ...

The New Yorker, March 5, 1938 P. 22. PROFILE of Vincent Astor. History of the family from the founder of the fortune, John Jacob Astor to the present-day generation, including the English branch ...

An office building once owned by John Jacob Astor has sold for the first time in 82 years. Jay Properties bought 8 W. 38th St. from the Felder family for $35 million, or $250 per square foot.

A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, sold for a record-breaking £1.175 million ($1.485 million) at auction on ...