At least the Vanderbilts, Carnegies and Rockefellers built universities and libraries.
August 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
At least the Vanderbilts, Carnegies and Rockefellers built universities and libraries.
The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.
Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump's America
The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.
wrd.cm
September 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.
In Trump’s America, billionaire and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison is a kind of shadow president. Meanwhile, the Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.
Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America
The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.
wrd.cm
October 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In Trump’s America, billionaire and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison is a kind of shadow president. Meanwhile, the Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.
the vanderbilts are not amused
Turned on CNN and it’s wild to see how much they’re creaming their jeans at the thought of cops brutalizing Columbia students. Entire coverage pushing unfounded conspiracy theories that the protesters aren’t even students, guests uniformly demanding the cops go in immediately, completely batshit
May 1, 2024 at 12:49 AM
the vanderbilts are not amused
vanderbilts don't have much of one to begin with but it's there somewhere
May 1, 2024 at 5:40 AM
vanderbilts don't have much of one to begin with but it's there somewhere
The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.
Larry and David Ellison did not return requests for comment.
Read @jakelahut.writes.news's latest #InnerLoop newsletter here: www.wired.com/story/larry-...
Larry and David Ellison did not return requests for comment.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.
Larry and David Ellison did not return requests for comment.
Read @jakelahut.writes.news's latest #InnerLoop newsletter here: www.wired.com/story/larry-...
Larry and David Ellison did not return requests for comment.
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At The Breakers, the Vanderbilts’ summer villa. It is incredible.
April 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
At The Breakers, the Vanderbilts’ summer villa. It is incredible.
The Rockefellers and The Vanderbilts. Read @hcrichardson.bsky.social today.
June 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The Rockefellers and The Vanderbilts. Read @hcrichardson.bsky.social today.
Vanderbilts and Rockefellers seem like a pretty handy historical guide
The trillionaire mark is just a milestone. Musk already had enough money to personally buy a whole company or single-handedly influence a presidential election.
But we should consider what it means that one man has amassed so much wealth and power — and the speed at which he is doing so.
But we should consider what it means that one man has amassed so much wealth and power — and the speed at which he is doing so.
June 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Vanderbilts and Rockefellers seem like a pretty handy historical guide
No way the gilded age was this bad unless the vanderbilts and Rockefellers were slipping insane racist notes into your mail slot every 15 minutes
July 27, 2026 at 12:28 PM
No way the gilded age was this bad unless the vanderbilts and Rockefellers were slipping insane racist notes into your mail slot every 15 minutes
I’ll be summering at my website in the hamptons. the website next door is owned by the Vanderbilts…
November 4, 2023 at 9:04 PM
I’ll be summering at my website in the hamptons. the website next door is owned by the Vanderbilts…
Timothy Olyphant and Anderson Cooper, both Vanderbilts
September 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Timothy Olyphant and Anderson Cooper, both Vanderbilts
The Carnegies. The Vanderbilts. JP Morgan, who almost singlehandedly controlled the nation money's supply. Wild swings occurred in the stock market. Working people were paid pennies.
April 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The Carnegies. The Vanderbilts. JP Morgan, who almost singlehandedly controlled the nation money's supply. Wild swings occurred in the stock market. Working people were paid pennies.
Anderson Cooper is proof that the Vanderbilts should have been hunted down in their mansion like the Romanoffs
October 25, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Anderson Cooper is proof that the Vanderbilts should have been hunted down in their mansion like the Romanoffs
Today Tesla 📉
Tomorrow Amazon 📉
These billionaires genuinely believe they are invincible. Just look at the Vanderbilts.
We built you. We can and will destroy you.
Tomorrow Amazon 📉
These billionaires genuinely believe they are invincible. Just look at the Vanderbilts.
We built you. We can and will destroy you.
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Today Tesla 📉
Tomorrow Amazon 📉
These billionaires genuinely believe they are invincible. Just look at the Vanderbilts.
We built you. We can and will destroy you.
Tomorrow Amazon 📉
These billionaires genuinely believe they are invincible. Just look at the Vanderbilts.
We built you. We can and will destroy you.
(complaining to my next door neighbors, the Vanderbilts, over a glass of 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild in the Rotunda of the Pierre Hotel, which is also next door to where I live)
It now costs me nine dollars when I drive my matte black Porsche Cayenne 18 blocks in Manhattan
It now costs me nine dollars when I drive my matte black Porsche Cayenne 18 blocks in Manhattan
January 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
(complaining to my next door neighbors, the Vanderbilts, over a glass of 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild in the Rotunda of the Pierre Hotel, which is also next door to where I live)
It now costs me nine dollars when I drive my matte black Porsche Cayenne 18 blocks in Manhattan
It now costs me nine dollars when I drive my matte black Porsche Cayenne 18 blocks in Manhattan
We Are Witnessing the Rise of a New Aristocracy The wealth of tech titans makes Rockefellers and Vanderbilts look quaint. In the last 2 years, 19 families have added $1.8 trillion to their coffers-the size of the economy of Australia.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/o...
Opinion | We Are Witnessing the Rise of a New Aristocracy
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
We Are Witnessing the Rise of a New Aristocracy The wealth of tech titans makes Rockefellers and Vanderbilts look quaint. In the last 2 years, 19 families have added $1.8 trillion to their coffers-the size of the economy of Australia.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/o...
Say what you want about the Rockefellers and the Vanderbilts but at least they gave money to the opera
February 1, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Say what you want about the Rockefellers and the Vanderbilts but at least they gave money to the opera
Also peanut oil for deep frying who are these Vanderbilts
January 1, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Also peanut oil for deep frying who are these Vanderbilts
Know your Vanderbilts
October 24, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Know your Vanderbilts
Like the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts and Morgans and Carnegies they will take and take and take.
But they will leave solely crap in their wake. If we’re lucky, maybe some kitsch. But basically nothing.
But they will leave solely crap in their wake. If we’re lucky, maybe some kitsch. But basically nothing.
December 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Like the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts and Morgans and Carnegies they will take and take and take.
But they will leave solely crap in their wake. If we’re lucky, maybe some kitsch. But basically nothing.
But they will leave solely crap in their wake. If we’re lucky, maybe some kitsch. But basically nothing.
from Haarlem, converted to Islam, became admiral of a Moroccan corsair republic, and led Moroccan pirates on a slave raid on Iceland.
Janszoon's son went to New Amsterdam and some of America's aristocrats, including Whitneys and Vanderbilts, are descended from him.
All of this sounds made up. (/2)
Janszoon's son went to New Amsterdam and some of America's aristocrats, including Whitneys and Vanderbilts, are descended from him.
All of this sounds made up. (/2)
June 29, 2026 at 8:40 PM
from Haarlem, converted to Islam, became admiral of a Moroccan corsair republic, and led Moroccan pirates on a slave raid on Iceland.
Janszoon's son went to New Amsterdam and some of America's aristocrats, including Whitneys and Vanderbilts, are descended from him.
All of this sounds made up. (/2)
Janszoon's son went to New Amsterdam and some of America's aristocrats, including Whitneys and Vanderbilts, are descended from him.
All of this sounds made up. (/2)
The Russells claiming squatters rights on the Vanderbilts' entire life.
January 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The Russells claiming squatters rights on the Vanderbilts' entire life.
Man it really is Delightful Spam Day over in the ol' ICC inbox!
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[REDACTED], I sincerely doubt the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, or Rothschilds are interested in funding 35 million dollars' worth of pervert comics. Tweak your scraper/automailer.
July 10, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Man it really is Delightful Spam Day over in the ol' ICC inbox!
[REDACTED], I sincerely doubt the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, or Rothschilds are interested in funding 35 million dollars' worth of pervert comics. Tweak your scraper/automailer.
[REDACTED], I sincerely doubt the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, or Rothschilds are interested in funding 35 million dollars' worth of pervert comics. Tweak your scraper/automailer.
michael cerveris returns as a cyborg assassin sent back in time by the vanderbilts
July 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
michael cerveris returns as a cyborg assassin sent back in time by the vanderbilts