John Jacob Astor died today – 160 years ago

Entrepreneur (in “fur trading”, “real estate”, and... and...“opium” (well, that’s what PBS’s Frontline said)) John Jacob Astor was born as Johann Jakob or Johann Jacob Astor on July 17, 1763 in Walldorf, Germany. He said, “The man who makes it the habit of his life to go to bed at nine o'clock, usually gets rich and is always reliable. Of course, going to bed does not make him rich—I merely mean that such a man will in all probability be up early in the morning and do a big day's work, so his weary bones put him to bed early. Rogues do their work at night. Honest men work by day. It's all a matter of habit, and good habits in America make any man rich. Wealth is a result of habit." [Unless you can just print the money.]... Mr. Astor died on March 29, 1848 in Manhattan, New York City, New York.