when was he born?
July 17, 1763
John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German–American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor who made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly and by investing in real estate in or around New York City.

who owns the waldorf astoria in new york Anbang Insurance Group what is it? It is a luxury hotel. when was it built? 1931 how many rooms does it have? It has a total of 1,413 hotel rooms as of 2014. who designed it? Schultze and Weaver does it have a railway track? Yes, Track 61. where did it get its name from? It is rived from the town of Walldorf in Germany, the ancestral home of the prominent German-American Astor family who originated there. who founded this above mentioned family? John Jacob Astor who was he? German–American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor.
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John Jacob Astor [SEP] Introduction
John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German–American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor who made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly and by investing in real estate in or around New York City. Born in Germany, Astor immigrated to England as a teenager and worked as a musical instrument manufacturer. He moved to the United States after the American Revolutionary War. Seeing the expansion of population to the west, he entered the fur trade and built a monopoly, managing a business empire that extended to the Great Lakes region and Canada, and later expanded into the American West and Pacific coast.