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Vincent Astor was an American businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Astor family. He inherited a huge fortune from his father, who died on the Titanic, and became the chairman of Newsweek magazine and a social reformer.
- Inheriting A Massive Fortune
- Building His Own Empire
- Philanthropy
- Other Endeavors
- Death
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When the Titanic sank, everything in Vincent Astor's life changed. Overnight he went from an obscure undergraduate at Harvard to being one of the richest humans on the planet. John Jacob Astor was worth $85 million in 1912 at the time of his death. That's the same as around $2.3 billion today. According to terms of John Jacob Astor's will, Vincent ...
Real estate was in Vincent's blood. He owned several grand homes, including a 23-room penthouse at 120 East End Avenue and a Manhattan townhouse on East 80th Street that was built in 1927 was so large it ran the entire length of the lot all the way to 79thStreet. It even had a subterranean garage. Vincent transformed entire neighborhoods of New Yor...
Vincent Astor had a strong social conscience – when his father died and he had to drop out of Harvard, he became determined to change his family's image from one of miserly slumlords to one dedicated to philanthropy. He sold off the Astor's slum housing holdings over time and reinvested the money in a large housing complex in the Bronx that had a b...
In his free time, Vincent preferred to spend time sailing on his yacht, a new Nourmahal named after the boat he and his father had spent so many happy times together on. His 264-foot yacht had eleven staterooms, dining for 18, and a crew of 42. His yacht had a cruising range of 20,000 miles allowing him to travel the globe for months at a time. He ...
Vincent Astor died on February 3, 1959, of a heart attack. He was 67. It wasn't his first heart attack. Eerily, he had his first heart attack while entering a theatre to see a screening of a film called "A Night to Remember." The movie was about the Titanic disaster. Vincent managed to increase his fortune to approximately $200 million. That's the ...
Learn how Vincent Astor became one of the richest men in the world after his father died on the Titanic in 1912. Discover his real estate empire, his yacht adventures, his marriage to Brooke Astor, and his legacy of giving.
- Amy Lamare
Jan 19, 2023 · Vincent Astor was a historian, Orpheum organist and a pioneer of the LGBTQ community in Memphis. He died of natural causes at 69, leaving behind a legacy of historic preservation and advocacy.
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- Entertainment Reporter
Learn about the life and legacy of Vincent Astor, who inherited the greatest fortune on earth and the St. Regis Hotel from his father John Jacob Astor IV, who died on the Titanic. Discover how he transformed the hotel, built elegant homes and became one of America's greatest philanthropists.
Nov 16, 2016 · Learn how Vincent Astor, a wealthy New Yorker and FDR's friend, became the Area Controller of Intelligence for New York during World War II. Discover how he used his business connections, yacht, and spy network to help the President and America.
Jul 28, 2006 · When Vincent Astor died of a heart attack early one morning in February 1959, it heralded not only the end of one of America's great capitalist dynasties but also the start of a new era of ...
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Vincent Astor (1891–1959) was the son of John Jacob Astor, a hotel magnate. He sold some Astor properties to New York City for housing projects and supported liberal causes.
