What is Samuel Insull?
{{Infobox person | name = Samuel Insull | image = SAMUEL INSULL.jpg | alt = Samuel Insull, 1920 | caption = Samuel Insull in 1920. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1859|11|11}} | birth_place = London, England, United Kingdom | death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|7|16|1859|11|11}} | death_place = Paris, France | nationality = | other_names = | relatives = [[Martin Insull]] | occupation = businessman }} '''Samuel Insull''' (November 11, 1859 &ndash; July 16, 1938) was a British-born American business magnate whose vast Midwest holding company empire collapsed in the 1930s. He was an [[innovator]] and [[investor]] based in [[Chicago]]. Insull was known for buying [[public utility|utilities]] and [[railroad]]s using [[holding companies]].<ref>Jeff Schultz, Chesterton Tribune, [http://chestertontribune.com/Local%20History/522121%20historical_society_finds_samuel.htm Historical Society finds Samuel Insull Not Guilty of Securities Fraud] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413150134/http://chestertontribune.com/Local%20History/522121%20historical_society_finds_samuel.htm |date=2014-04-13 }}, May 22, 2012</ref><ref>Portsmouth Times, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kxVaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s0sNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6219,709280&dq=samuel+insull+fraud&hl=en Samuel Insull Goes on Trial in Frauds Case], October 2, 1934</ref><ref>New York Times, [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D13F93A5B107A93C0A81788D85F418385F9 Insull Acquitted on Embezzlement Charge; Verdict Expected to End All State Cases], March 12, 1935</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19261129,00.html TIME magazine cover photo of Samuel Insull, November 29, 1926] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823165816/http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19261129,00.html |date=August 23, 2013 }} *[http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19291104,00.html TIME magazine cover photo of Samuel Insull, November 4, 1929] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.