Charles Martin Hall net worth and salary: Charles Martin Hall is a Inventor who has a net worth of $2 billion. Charles Martin Hall was born in in December 6, 1863. American inventor and chemist who developed an inexpensive way to make aluminum. His work brought the metal into widespread commercial use, the first since the prehistoric discovery of iron.
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💰Charles Martin Hall Net worth: $2 billion (Updated at 15 March 2019)
About
American inventor and chemist who developed an inexpensive way to make aluminum. His work brought the metal into widespread commercial use, the first since the prehistoric discovery of iron.
Before Fame
He was a student a Oberlin College, in Ohio, where he developed an interest in synthesizing aluminum, which at the time was a precious metal and used in jewelry.
Trivia
Initially unable to get any financial backers for his venture, he finally got financing for the Pittsburgh Reduction Company; eventually, the metal became used for everything from ships to aircraft.
Family Life
He met his future wife at the Oberlin Theological Seminary, where he was studying; their first five children were born in Jamaica, where he was a missionary.
Associated With
Leo Baekeland, another chemist, developed possibly the only material more popular than aluminum - plastic.
