The Rise of the Mellon family Dynasty

Beneath the Waves history/music series host Gerry Takano

The Gilded Age “rags to riches” story of the influential American Mellon family is often overlooked in discussions of wealthy American dynasties. The Mellons have been principal investors and majority owners of Gult Oil (Cheveron-Texaco), Alcoa, Westinghouse, H.J. Heinz, Newsweek, U.S. Steel, General Motors,s and many other corporations.  

October 5, 2016, Wednesday 12noon – 2pm PT, rebroadcast next Friday 2-4pm and in KGGV.FM  archives    

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