USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -John Pierpont Morgan did. When President Grover Cleveland needed gold to back the currency, Morgan, and other bankers under his leadership, gave the government gold in exchange for United States government bonds. Later, he and the other bankers sold the bonds for big profits.

Detailed explanation-2: -In addition to consolidating and controlling several railroads and industries, J.P. Morgan led in resupplying the U.S. Treasury’s gold reserve during the depression that followed the panic of 1893 and organized the financial community in averting a financial collapse after the market panic of 1907.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the most powerful bankers of his era, J.P. (John Pierpont) Morgan (1837-1913) financed railroads and helped organize U.S. Steel, General Electric and other major corporations.

Detailed explanation-4: -J.P. Morgan acquired investment bank Bear Stearns and the retail banking assets of Washington Mutual during the tumult of the crisis. Those takeovers later lead to billions of dollars in litigation costs tied to mortgages, and Dimon has said that in hindsight he wouldn’t have done the Bear Stearns deal for that reason.