Cornelius Vanderbilt left school at age 11 and went on to build a shipping and railroad empire that, during the 19th century, would make him one of the wealthiest men in the world.
康内留斯·范德比尔特在11岁的时候离开了学校，开始了他在航运与铁路业的工作，进而构建一个了航运与铁路业帝国，使之成为19世纪全球最富有的人之一。