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Learn about the life and achievements of William Kissam Vanderbilt, an American heir, businessman, philanthropist and horsebreeder. He inherited $55 million from his father, managed his family's railroad investments, founded Madison Square Garden, and owned a successful racing stable in France.
Learn about William Kissam Vanderbilt, an American industrialist and socialite who married Alva Belmont, a prominent suffragist. Find out how he inherited and managed the Vanderbilt fortune and estates.
Learn about the life and achievements of William Kissam Vanderbilt II, a wealthy American heir, motor racing enthusiast, yachtsman and railroad executive. Find out how he inherited a fortune, set a land speed record, launched the Vanderbilt Cup and built the Long Island Motor Parkway.
Jul 14, 2014 · William Kissam Vanderbilt took over but retired soon after to concentrate on his yachts and thoroughbred horses, while brother George Vanderbilt's 146,000 acre Biltmore estate ate into his...
Dec 5, 2023 · The members of the Vanderbilt family mentioned in The Gilded Age's timeline are Cornelius's grandson William Kissam Vanderbilt and his first wife, Alva Vanderbilt. William ran the family's railroad investments after his grandfather's death and inherited $55 million of the Vanderbilt fortune.
William Kissam Vanderbilt III, born October 26th, 1907, was Willie K. Vanderbilt Jr's (ll) only son of his three children. A traveler, hunter, and like his father, an avid auto enthusiast of fast cars, Willie K lll spent much of his life enjoying his hobbies to the fullest.
William K. Vanderbilt II – known to family and friends as Willie K. – loved the oceans and the natural world. In his seagoing global travels, he collected fish and other marine life, birds, invertebrates and cultural artifacts for the personal museum he planned to build on his Long Island estate.
