The family's wealth originated with Mellon Bank, founded in 1869 by Archibald's grandson. Thomas Mellon. Under the direction of Thomas's son, Andrew William Mellon, the Mellons became principal investors and majority owners of Gulf Oil (which merged with Chevron Corporation in 1985), Alcoa (since 1886), The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (since 1970), Koppers (since 1912), New York Shipbuilding (1899–1968) and Carborundum Corporation, as well as their major financial and ownership influence on Westinghouse Electric,{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=1929012 H.J. Heinz Company, Newsweek, U.S. Steel, Credit Suisse First Boston and General Motors. The family bank would go on to merge with the Bank of New York to become BNY Mellon
