James J. Hill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James J. Hill

American railroad promoter and financier

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1838

Place of Birth: Guelph/Eramosa, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 29-May-1916

Profession: entrepreneur

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

James Jerome Hill (September 16, 1838 – May 29, 1916), was a Canadian-American railroad executive.
He was the chief executive officer of a family of lines headed by the Great Northern Railway, which served a substantial area of the Upper Midwest, the northern Great Plains, and Pacific Northwest.
Because of the size of this region and the economic dominance exerted by the Hill lines, Hill became known during his lifetime as "The Empire Builder".