Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was born in New York City on August 19, 1919, the son of Scottish emigre Bertie C. Forbes.

Born in Canandaigua, New York, to a Presbyterian minister of modest means, Flagler attended local schools until he was 14.

Born in Bennington, Vermont, to a YANKEE PEDDLER, Fisk quit school at 12 and joined his father in selling wares from his wagon around New England.

Also known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; legislation passed in late 1999 reforming the structure of American banking.

Better known by its short name, the FIRREA was enacted on August 9, 1989—one of the most significant laws to affect the savings and loan industry since the 1930s.

The organization in the private sector that sets standards of financial accounting and reporting in the United States.

Marshall Field was born near Conway, Massachusetts, on August 18, 1834, the son of small farmers. At 17 he began clerking in a local dry goods store and gained a reputation for hard work and courtesy.

Born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Field was the son of a prominent Congregational clergyman. His family had lived in New England since 1629, and several other members also distinguished themselves.

The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 established the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

In 1913, Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act, creating the Federal Reserve System (Fed) in response to several banking panics in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Better known as Fannie Mae, the FNMA was created by an act of Congress in 1938 in order to further stabilize the market for residential mortgages during the Great Depression.

Founded in 1932 during the Hoover administration, the FHLBB was the first federal agency designed to oversee SAVINGS AND LOANS institutions (S&Ls).

An agency created by Congress to provide insurance against customer deposits at banks and other banking institutions.

A federal agency created by Congress in the Federal Communications Act of 1934 to regulate the communications industry.

Farming is at the same time a vocation, a necessity, and an industry. It provides the essentials for life but can also function like any other business using capital investment, technology, political lobbying, and marketing strategies to maximize profit.

The first federal agency founded after the Federal Reserve Board, dedicated to providing credit for a specific sector of the American economy.

Commonly known as the Eximbank, the Export-Import Bank was created in 1934 by the Roosevelt administration to promote trade with the United States.

A basket or composite currency developed by the European Economic Community (EEC) in the 1970s and 1980s as the community’s accounting currency.

In 1851, the first unit of the later Erie Railway System opened under the corporate banner of the New-York & Erie Railway Company.

The first major inland waterway built in the United States. Canals became the first commonly used method of transporting goods in America, especially from areas that were located between two bodies of water.

An energy company created in 1985 with the merger of the Houston Natural Gas Co. and InterNorth Corp. of Omaha, integrating several pipeline companies to create the first nationwide natural gas pipeline system.

Born in Milan, Ohio, to Samuel and Nancy Elliott Edison, Edison began experimenting while still a child.

Born in Logan, Utah, Eccles was the oldest of nine children. After attending Brigham Young College, he became familiar with investments and established an investment company that acquired many of his father’s successful business enterprises.

Born in Nova Scotia, Eaton was a member of an established New England family that moved to Canada in 1760. He graduated from Amherst Academy in Ontario and decided to become a Baptist minister.