Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Jacob Astor built his fortune in the fur business and New York real estate. John Jacob Astor III and William Backhouse Astor ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Jacob Astor IV was one of the richest men in the world when he died on the Titanic. Here's a look at his life. When John ...
The elegant exterior of New York City's The Astor, which recently unveiled its first new listings in two years. On this date in 1912, one of the richest men in the world dined sumptuously aboard the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s hard to escape the name Astor when you are in New York: from Astor Place downtown to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and even the neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, the family’s legacy is ...
A Mexican billionaire was deceived into giving away more than $450 million after being defrauded by a man who concocted a scheme linked to the famous Astor family, prosecutors allege. Ricardo Salinas ...