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Pioneers Turned Millionaires

Pioneers Turned Millionaires

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  • Premiered: 
    November 6, 2011
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  • Network: Smithsonian
  • Category: Series
  • Genre: Biography
  • Type: Live Action
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  • Tags: business, invention

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Plot Synopsis

PIONEERS TURNED MILLIONAIRES portrays five of the most famous German immigrants who struck it rich in America: Levi Strauss, Henry E. Steinway, William E. Boeing, John Jacob Astor and Henry J. Heinz. These five figures were inventive, courageous, and hardworking entrepreneurs who changed the way the world eats, dresses, plays and travels.

Production & Distribution

  • Produced by gebrueder beetz filmproduktion Hamburg
  • Produced by NDR/ARTE