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August Belmont’s narrative sets off in 1837 when the 24-year-old immigrant arrived in New York with dreams and the powerful Rothschilds' connections. Imagine him as the 19th Century equivalent of a tech startup founder—only instead of a garage, he had Europe's most formidable banking dynasty behind him. Within months, his firm, Belmont & Company, began to dominate Wall Street, ascending to the heights of social and financial influence with an impressive rapidity.