Plot Synopsis

According to the online H2 schedule at history.com, THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA has been "updated for H2 airings," and to differentiate this series from the original, some online listings providers, like Zap2It, have given this updated series a different title, even though History Channel used the same name for both the original and updated series. THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA chronicled how five self-made men -- Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan -- transformed the United States into a global superpower in a span of just 50 years, and how they affected the lives of every person in the world. Plus, modern day business giants contributed their own perspectives, including innovators like Steve Case, Mark Cuban, Donny Deutsch, Carly Fiorina, Alan Greenspan, Dick Parsons, Ron Perelman, T. Boone Pickens, Charles Schwab, Jack Welch and Steve Wozniak.