The Social Climber Who Destroyed The Vanderbilts | Business Tycoons

Alva didn't destroy the Vanderbilts, she elevated them. She set a high architectural standard for mansions the family would match. Without those mansions they would probably be forgotten.

Alva didn't destroy the Vanderbilts, she elevated them. She set the high architectural standards for mansions that the family would follow, and without which they would probably be forgotten.

Malba house?
Are you trying to say Malborough house?

Mrs aster didn’t care to much for the Vanderbilts for they were new money and Mrs aster always said they were Vulgar with there money mrs aster wasn’t invited to the Vanderbilt party and Mrs aster had to call on Mrs aster so crazy

Great video!!! Thank you..
This woman sounds like a nightmare.

Sounds like Alva broke them. It took a while, but her extravagance...she was a social pit bull.

History shows millions of well-known families whose wealth grew exponentially over the centuries. So, it's strange that the Vanderbilts saw their wealth decline...

Reminds so much about Jezebel and King Ahab , who ran his dynasty to wreck

The did some questionable things, but she didn’t ruin the Vanderbilt fortune. The men in the family did that long after she was dead.

It goes into that old saying. "The First Generation creates the fortune, the second generation sustains it, and the third generation squanders it. And squandered it the latter Vanderbilts did.

150,000 in 1878 was a LOT MORE than 3 million today. The whole civil war only cost the Union about $2 billion.

She was good at spending money that was about it.

Talking about a controlling mother smh .. blew money just for status . Must be nice 🙄

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