He built railroads and construction companies.
donated it all to the university
he used to exploited them especially the Chinese workers.
he build railroads
Leland Stanford is the founder of Stanford University.
he gave it to his mistress xD
he was quite wealthy. He donated most of his money to Stanford University. The amount of money he had donated was about $20 million
Leland Stanford's mother's name was Jane Lathrop Stanford.
Leland Stanford is the founder of Stanford University.
2 billion back then in 1850
He only had one named Leland Stanford, Jr.
To the school 20mil$
Leland Stanford died in June 21, 1893. idk how he died :/
It was named after Leland Stanford jr - who died of typhoid at just 15 years old.