Question: what scottish immigrant made a fortune on steel

title: Andrew Carnegie
text: Carnegie was born in Dunfermline , Scotland , and immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1848 . Carnegie started work as a telegrapher , and by the 1860s had investments in railroads , railroad sleeping cars , bridges , and oil derricks . He accumulated further wealth as a bond salesman , raising money for American enterprise in Europe . He built Pittsburgh 's Carnegie Steel Company , which he sold to J.P. Morgan in 1901 for $480 million . It became the U.S. Steel Corporation . After selling Carnegie Steel , he surpassed John D. Rockefeller as the richest American for the next couple of years . 

Answer: answer: Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1848. He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which he sold to J.P. Morgan in 1901 for $480 million.