[Outliers] Andrew Mellon: America’s Secret Banker [The Knowledge Project Ep. #216]
Andrew Mellon mastered the art of quiet power. While Carnegie and Rockefeller basked in the limelight, Mellon built an empire from the shadows—turning patience, precision, and systematic thinking into an industrial fortune. A banker who lived in his parents’ house while controlling half of Pittsburgh’s financial world, Mellon became Treasury Secretary and launched the Roaring …