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William Kissam Vanderbilt I (December 12, 1849 – July 22, 1920) was an American heir, businessman, philanthropist and horsebreeder. Born into the Vanderbilt family, he managed his family's railroad investments.
William Kissam Vanderbilt III (1907–1933), who inherited his father's love of fast cars and exotic travel, was killed in an automobile accident in South Carolina while driving home to New York City from his father's Florida estate.
Cornelius II's brother, William Kissam Vanderbilt, also featured prominently in the family's affairs. He also built a home on Fifth Avenue and would become one of the great architectural patrons of the Gilded Age, hiring the architects for (the third, and surviving) Grand Central Terminal.
William Kissam Vanderbilt worked with his brother Cornelius in managing the Vanderbilt investments and enterprises. But he was far less interested in business than were his brother, father, and grandfather. In 1903 William Kissam turned over management of the railroads to an outside firm and…
Dieser Mercedes-Simplex 40 PS von 1902 des William Kissam Vanderbilt II ist nach heutiger Kenntnis der älteste existierende Mercedes und eines der wenigen überlebenden Exemplare dieser Modellreihe. Seine Geschichte lässt sich lückenlos zurückverfolgen.
23. Sept. 2018 · Willie K. was an insatiable speed and action addict, briefly holding the land-speed record. Born in 1878, William Kissam Vanderbilt II was the great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the fabled Commodore, who had first built the family's staggering fortune through steamship and railroad lines.
Learn about the life and legacy of William Kissam Vanderbilt, a son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and a railroad magnate. Find out his marriages, children, yachting achievements, and burial place.
