1. George Boldt was born as Georg Karl Boldt in Bergen auf Rugen, Pommern, on April 25,1851.
12 Facts About George Boldt
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George Boldt began as a kitchen worker in New York and, at age 25, was hired to manage the dining room of Philadelphia's most exclusive gentlemen's club, The Philadelphia Club.
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George Boldt soon bought a competing hotel, the Stratford, at the southwest corner.
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George Boldt catered to this new super-rich class, charging the highest prices for the very best, and becoming one of them in the process.
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George Boldt mediated between the feuding millionaire cousins, leasing the Astoria himself, and merging the two buildings under his management as the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
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George Boldt owned the Waldorf Astoria Segar Company, which imported fine Cuban cigars and was located at the hotel.
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George Boldt built Boldt Castle on an island in the Thousand Islands area of New York State.
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George Boldt died on December 5,1916, in Manhattan, New York City of a heart attack.
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George Boldt was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.
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George Boldt once owned Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower property, receiving it as payment for a debt.
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George Boldt helped put at least 75 young men through college, doing this anonymously.
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George Boldt assisted those in business who were having financial difficulties and told employees at his hotels if they were having monetary problems, his door was always open to them.