Firm Head Office Location 600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 USA. Foundation Date 1901-03-02 Founded by John Pierpont Morgan Sr. Profile Any textual data included in the document “United States Steel” was founded on March 2, 1901 by John Pierpont Morgan Sr. The company resulted from the merger of about ten companies, including “Carnegie Steel Company”, “Federal Steel Company” and “National Steel Company”. For much of the 20th century, it was the largest steelmaking company in the world. It was also the world's first billionaire company. Initially, the company was headquartered in the “Empire Building”, in New York, moving, years later, to Pittsburgh. The company's success was immediately due to the purchase of its largest competitor, the “Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company” in 1907. A few years later, in 1911, the company was the target of a break-up attempt by the federal government, since United States Steel alone was a threat to the competitive market. However, this attempt failed. The company grew exponentially in its early years. During World War II, United States Steel was the sixteenth largest producer in the United States. During this period, more specifically in 1943, the company employed 340 thousand employees. A new attempt to control the company's mass production was carried out in 1952, this time by President Truman. The Supreme Court ruled again in favour of the private sector, again acclaiming that the president and the state had no constitutional power to do so. For his part, President Kennedy was more fortunate when he pressed the steel industry's price increases, reaching extremely inflated values. During the seventies, the company went through a period of crisis, having closed about 13 industrial units. However, in the 1980s, United States Steel began investing in the oil and natural gas industry, buying the “Marathon Oil Company”, which again gave it new economic freedom. In 1992 the company, which was already called United States Steel, Inc., was restructured, changing its name to US Steel USX, separating it in “USX - US Steel Group” and “USX - Marathon Group”. However, in 2002 the group split up again, leaving United States Steel Corporation and Marathon Oil again as independent companies. Bibliography International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 50. St. James Press, 2003. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource United States Steel Internacional Inc. Profile Subject The topic of the resource Collective Actors, Private Firm, Materials Producer/Manufacturer, Iron/Steel Producer/Manufacturer, United States Steel Internacional Inc. Description An account of the resource United States Steel Internacional Inc. Profile Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource PT BUILDS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 50. St. James Press, 2003. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available PT BUILDS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-02-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource PT BUILDS Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource TEXT Language A language of the resource ENG Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAF34DOC1 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1901-present, USA