Reginald's public image became another epitome of the Vanderbilt Family's decline.
Forty-eight years after Cornelius's death, one of his direct descendants died penniless, and within eighty years after his death, all the luxurious mansions the family had built were either demolished, forced to sell, or turned into museums, with none spared.
As for the industry of the Vanderbilt Family, the New York Central Railroad Company, not a single family member was willing to manage it, and instead, they handed it over to professional managers.
Such a vast company naturally attracted the attention of many people.
The two most important groups were the Rockefeller Family, who had previously had business competition with the Vanderbilts, and Morgan, who had always wanted to monopolize the railroad companies in the United States.
