Description: (Businessman)
James Jewett Stillman was a prominent American businessman known for his investments in land, banking, and railroads in New York, Texas, and Mexico. As chairman of the board of directors of the National City Bank, he established alliances with influential entities such as the Rockefeller family, Standard Oil, and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Under his leadership, the bank became the largest in the United States by 1894, pioneering the opening of foreign branches and setting new standards in foreign exchange. Stillman's strategic expansion policies solidified the bank's reputation as a global financial powerhouse.