The Great Leaders Series: James Jerome Hill, CEO of the Great Northern Railway

The Great Leaders Series: James Jerome Hill, CEO of the Great Northern Railway: " Purchasing thousands of acres of land and blasting through tons of rock, building a transcontinental railroad didn't come cheap. The average cost of laying a mile of track in the late 1800s was $30,000. But James Hill, who acquired the well-deserved nickname of "Empire Builder," was the only entrepreneur who managed