The Founder Of Which Hotel Died In The Sinking Of The Titanic?

John Jacob Astor IV – the co-founder of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel – died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.

Astor made his fortune in real estate, building the Astoria hotel in 1897 – which was regarded at the time as the world’s most luxurious hotel.

The hotel was adjoined to the Waldorf Hotel, which was owned by his cousin. The building complex eventually became known as the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

He also built other luxurious hotels, including St. Regis.

Astor was the richest passenger aboard the RMS Titanic and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time with a net worth of roughly $87 million when he died (equivalent to $2.44 billion in 2021).

Among Astor’s accomplishments was A Journey in Other Worlds (1894), a science-fiction novel about life in the year 2000 on the planets Saturn and Jupiter.

He also patented several inventions, including a bicycle brake in 1898, a “vibratory disintegrator” used to produce gas from peat moss, and a pneumatic road improver, and he helped develop a turbine engine.