George Pullman

Railroad magnate and entrepreneur

George Pullman was an American railroad magnate and entrepreneur who founded the Pullman Company. He was born in 1831 in Terre Haute, Indiana, and grew up in a family of modest means. Pullman began his career in the railroad industry as a young man and quickly rose through the ranks. He founded the Pullman Company in 1867 and built it into a successful business through a combination of innovative thinking and strateg...