"The public be damned.". As a result of Cornelius Vanderbilt's death, the majority of his fortune worth $95,000,000 was left to his son Willard. Approximately $2 is the current value of this fortune.
His grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, succeeded him as the president ... Alice Vanderbilt, and their seven children. The seaside residence, named "the Breakers" after the waves that break on ...