In 1865, Cornelius Vanderbilt received a loan of one hundred dollars. With this money, he built a ferry boat, and continued to build more. Vanderbilt was an extremely tough man. He often beat other men, fighting for whatever he wanted. People say his toughness created the business character that he later turned into. Later on, Vanderbilt discovered that the real transportation was taking place on railroads, so he decided to sell all of his ships and invest all that he had into the railroad business. By becoming the undisputed king of the railroads, Vanderbilt became the richest man in America after the war. He was worth 68 million dollars, equivalent to 75 billion dollars today. However, as any good business has to face, there were some difficult