Along the journey of life, men and women of great wealth, that can't be possibly spent in a lifetime, consistently encounter the issue of greed. Throughout history, many wealthy men and women kept most of their monies to themselves and not gave it away for the greater good. However, one of the greatest philanthropists in our nation's history, Andrew Carnegie stands heads and shoulders above the crowd as he gave so much to our nation by advocating world peace and by also making scientific, educational, and social advancements. Andrew Carnegie is one of the greatest philanthropists that the nation has ever seen. He had a famous saying "A man who dies rich dies disgraced . He had given 90 percent of his fortune away to charitable causes. Before he died, he gave the rest of his 125 million dollar fortune to the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The objective of the Carnegie Corporation is to spend the rest of Andrew Carnegie fortune on worthwhile charitable causes.(Carnegie Corporation of New York: Andrew Carnegie Legacy). Throughout his life, Andrew Carnegie had given over 350 million dollars which is equal to 6.7 billion dollars in today's prices. (Whalpes) Andrew Carnegie had a great three-step philosophy on how to live your life. The first third of one's life should be getting all the education one can get. Then, the second third of your life, you should try to earn as much money as you can possibly earn. Finally, the last one third of your life, give away the money earned to worthwhile causes. This is exactly what Andrew Carnegie did. He had learned everything he could about the steel industry and then became the largest steel manufacturer of his time. Then he sold his company to J.P Morgan for 480 million dollars making him the richest man in the world. Andrew Carnegie then spent the rest of his remaining life giving away money to charitable causes. (Andrew Carnegie) Andrew Carnegie is one of the famous rags to riches story. Andrew Carnegie had borrowed money to emigrate from Scotland to Pittsburg. Carnegie found a job at the Pennsylvania Railroad and succeeded as superintendent of the Pittsburgh Division. (Andrew Carnegie, Philanthropist). Then after the civil war, Andrew Carnegie saw the potential in the steel industry and resigned from Pennsylvania Railroad. It was a bold move that would turn Andrew Carnegie into a captain of industry and result in a mass fortune. He then turned his attention to the Keystone Bridge Company, which worked to replace wooden bridges with stronger iron ones. The reason why Andrew Carnegie was very big on education was because Colonel Anderson would let working boys use his library for free. It is because of what Colonel Anderson had done for Andrew Carnegie, he spent a great deal of money on building public libraries. (Andrew Carnegie