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James Buchanan Duke

James Buchanan Duke was born 23-12-1856 and died on 10-10-1925. He was born and raised near Durham North Carolina. As a child he helped his dad run his tobacco company and then after the civil war he came back home and helped with the tobacco buisness and they became very succesful. After becoming weathy in the tobacco industry he invested into hydroelectric power. He called his company was called Duke Energy. His electric company powered more then 300 cotton mills. The only other entrepreneurs he did buisness was his brother and that was after the civil war when they helped their dad build up their tobacco company and the ended up suppling 40% of all the tobacco in North America. Thats why James is a captain of industry, he was'nt just all about the money because after the war he went back to help his dad so he could survie and they ended up getting rich. James was married twice and he devorced his first wife in 1906 and had no children. Although he did marrie again in 1907 and had one child.

Author not available, **//DUKE, JAMES BUCHANAN.//**, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 www.encyclopedia.com