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Ep.473 The Vander-Bilt and the Vander-Bust: The Shocking Disappearing Act of the Wealthiest Family in American History
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- Good Morning, Money!
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- May 27, 2026
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- 97
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Summary
The Vanderbuilt and the Vandertaketh away! Cornelius constructed the greatest empire of the Gilded Age, but because he forgot to build structural governance to protect his capital from his own family's impulses, his descendants managed to completely vaporize the world's largest fortune in just fifty years of high-status spending, proving that a high velocity of incoming cash is just a faster ticket to bankruptcy without proper boundaries. Send us Fan Mail