Gould, Jay

Gould, Jay definition - finance
A 19th-century stock speculator and entrepreneur who attempted to corner the gold market, owned half of the railroad tracks in the southwestern United States, and was involved in the Western Union Telegraph Company, the New York City elevated railways, and publications such as the New York World.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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