Use of nickel (as a natural meteoric nickelâiron alloy) has been traced as far back as 3500 BCE. Nickel was first isolated and classified as a chemical element in 1751 by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, who initially mistook the ore for a copper mineral.
One of the most powerful bankers of his era, J.P. (John Pierpont) Morgan (1837-1913) financed railroads and helped organize U.S. Steel, General Electric and other major corporations.
New York, New York. J.P. Morgan focuses on asset management, investment banking and private banking as part of JPMorgan Chase. The parent company was formed when Chase Manhattan Bank bought J.P. Morgan in 2000. The company initially emerged from the global financial crisis as one of the strongest banks, but the brand has been dinged over the past few years by the government inquiries into the bank's mortgage business and its manipulation of foreign-currency rates.