I am currently reading his bio, the guy was pure evil, buying judges, playing even with the President (Grant), screwing over his partner in crime (Fisk when cornering gold), you name it, he did it and got richer and richer: Joseph Pulitzer: Jay Gould was "the most sinister presence that ever flitted, bat-like, across the vision of the American people." "to amass what was estimated to be a $125 million fortune, around $71 billion in today's dollars (NY Times estimate)"