Born in poverty in 1836, Jay Gould became one of the richest men in Gilded Age America but had few admirers. This was mostly because the Wall Street financier would do anything to make a buck ...

Jason “Jay” Gould (1836-1892) may have been the most astute analyst of stock markets in American history. He was also a brilliant strategist in any scrap over money. For a good example of ...

One of the most important figures in Texas railroad development was business titan Jay Gould. Born Jason Gould in Roxbury, New York, into a farming family in 1836, he grew to hate farming.