who created the first billion-dollar corporation by combining three large steel companies?

lewis latimer
john d. rockefeller
j. p. morgan
henry b. plant

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who created the first billion-dollar corporation by combining three large steel companies?

lewis latimer
john d. rockefeller
j. p. morgan
henry b. plant

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(A) Lewis Latimer

(B) John D. Rockefeller

(C) J. P. Morgan

(D) Henry B. Plant

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Identify the historical event

Determine the resulting corporation

Match with the given options

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