History's THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA Premieres Tonight, 10/16

Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, Henry Ford. Their names are synonymous with innovation, big business and the American Dream.

They built empires. They created incredible advances in technology. They changed the world. HISTORY chronicles the lives of these visionary men in THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA, an eight-hour event series premiering tonight, October 16 from 9 – 11 p.m. on HISTORY.