Was Andrew Carnegie a good guy or a bad guy?

Answer 1

This is a hard question to answer, because things are rarely all black or all white. While Andrew Carnegie was a brilliant businessman who made millions in the steel industry, by many accounts, he was also a relentless and driven boss who did not want to give his workers the pay they deserved. But while it would be easy to dismiss him as just another greedy business executive, he also seems to have realized that life should not just be about making millions. When he was in his 60s, he sold his businesses and devoted the rest of his life to charitable work and philanthropy. He funded libraries and museums, he created an institute for the study of peace, and he even founded a university. So, as you can see, at some points in his life, you might be able to make a case for him being a bad guy, yet at other times, he was absolutely what we would consider a good guy.