Vanderbilt

American

[van-der-bilt] / ˈvæn dər bɪlt /

noun

Cornelius, 1794–1877, U.S. financier.
Harold Stirling 1884–1970, U.S. business executive.

Vanderbilt British

/ ˈvændəbɪlt /

noun

Cornelius, known as Commodore Vanderbilt. 1794–1877, US steamship and railway magnate and philanthropist

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Infielder, James Tronstein, Harvard-Westlake, Sr.: The Vanderbilt commit had 52 hits, a .531 batting average and 10 home runs as the Mission League MVP.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Sameera Fazili is a senior fellow at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Yesha Yadav, a law professor at Vanderbilt University Law School, explained that prediction markets used to be much more similar to opinion polling than gambling.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

The A.I. economy is even bigger than that, with far more investor and fund exposure in the works, and a worse-case crash could hit up to $20 trillion in household wealth, per the Vanderbilt report.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

He proposed that Vanderbilt try to host a meeting between Seabiscuit and War Admiral.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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