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Collis P. Huntington  

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  • Collis Potter Huntington (1821–1900) achieved lasting notoriety as one of the leading railroad tycoons of his time. Huntington was one of the founders of, and major investors in, the Central Pacific Railroad, which constituted the western link of America's first transcontinental railroad. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Huntington, Collis P.]

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