quick help please: about the movie titanic

[SnoopCat]

if i remember correctly, there was a person named Gugenhiem in the movie. he was an actual person in history who was wealthy, can someone please tell me what kind of business he ran?
thanks
steve

 

[Linflas]

Benjamin Guggenheim's family owned a company called American Smelting and Refining. Small article about them here.

 

[etech]

Benjamin Gugenheim of the American Smelting and Refining Company, worth $95,000,000.

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Why?