The Vanderbilts, one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age families, owned multiple opulent homes. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementDuring the Gilded Age, Cornelius Vanderbilt was America's richest man with an estimated net worth of $100 million, or around $200 billion in today's currency. His grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, succeeded him as the president and chairman of the New York Central Railroad in 1885. The seaside residence, named "the Breakers" after the waves that break on Newport's rocky shores, was one of many opulent homes that the Vanderbilts owned as one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age families.

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Persons: —, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, Alice Vanderbilt Organizations: Breakers, Service, New York Central Railroad Locations: Newport , Rhode Island