Today, the amount is $21 billion. But it was John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the renowned Astor family, who was best known. There are 87 million dollars in his net worth. In our day, Astor's fortune ...

used fake names and gave the false impression that their firm was related to the fabled Astor family of Gilded Age New York. In exchange for the loan, the billionaire offered up more than $400 ...

The gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family, sold for £1.175 million ($1.51 million) – a record for Titanic memorabilia, according to the auction house.

of the famed New York Astor family. Mr Astor was 47 when he went down with the ship in 1912, after seeing his new wife Madeleine on to a lifeboat. The timepiece bears an inscription reading ...

He was worth $150 million in 1912. The Astor family began with John Jacob Astor, an immigrant from Germany. He exploited the beaver fur trade to become America's first multi-millionaire in the ...