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Elihu Yale was a Governor of the British East India Company, which made the King rich by peddling drugs to the Chinese, among other thing. Don't know about the

by Duff 15y ago

Elihu Yale was a Governor of the British East India Company, which made the King rich by peddling drugs to the Chinese, among other thing. Don't know about the rest.

gcampbell 15y ago
I thought the preferred pejorative for Leland Stanford was "robber baron".
- Duff 15y ago
  Or "Captain of Industry" in friendlier contexts.