caption relations death_date death_place children birth_place party parents birth_date spouse residence image article_title education name occupation
c.v.whitney flora sister -rrb- payne whitney -lrb- sister -rrb- barbara whitney -lrb- 13 december 1992 saratoga springs , new york , united states harry searle whitney cornelia whitney payne whitney ii nancy marie whitney gail whitney roslyn , new york , united states republican party harry payne whitney gertrude vanderbilt 20 february 1899 marie hopkins -lrb- 1931 -- 1940 -rrb- eleanor searle -lrb- 1941 norton -- 1957 -rrb- marie louise schroeder -lrb- 1958 -- his -lrb- death -rrb- 1923 -- 1929 -rrb- gladys crosby old westbury , new york , united states cornelius vanderbilt whitney.jpg cornelius vanderbilt whitney
 yale university cornelius vanderbilt whitney businessman racehorse owner/breeder philanthropist : banker corporate investor film producer polo player
cornelius vanderbilt whitney

cornelius vanderbilt `` c.v. '' -lrb- `` sonny '' -rrb- whitney -lrb- february 20 , 1899 -- december 13 , 1992 -rrb- was an american businessman , film producer , writer , philanthropist , polo player , and government official , as well as the owner of a leading stable of thoroughbred racehorses .
born in old westbury , new york , he was the son of the wealthy and socially prominent harry payne whitney -lrb- 1872 -- 1932 -rrb- and gertrude vanderbilt -lrb- 1875 -- 1942 -rrb- .
he had a younger sister , barbara whitney , and an elder sister , flora payne whitney .
as a member of both the whitney and vanderbilt families , he inherited a substantial fortune .
however , cornelius vanderbilt whitney proved to be a very capable businessman .
