George Hearst
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Most Influential Person Across History
American politician
Why Is George Hearst Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, George Hearst was an American businessman, miner, and politician. After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations, and is known for developing and expanding the Homestake Mine in the late 1870s in the Black Hills of South Dakota. In 1879, he listed it on the New York Stock Exchange and went on to other pursuits. The mine's gold production continued uninterrupted until 2001.
