Julian L. Yale

The Rookery Building, Chicago, 1898, headquarters of Julian L. Yale & Co., architect Frank Lloyd Wright worked on the project at the time
Exposition of Julian L. Yale's business named Julian L. Yale & Co. in Chicago

Julian Linus Yale (1850 – 1909) was a prominent Chicago railroad entrepreneur and president of Julian L. Yale & Co., later sold to Samuel P. Bush's company. He was Carnegie Steel's representative for their railway business, and purchasing representative of the Big Four for the Vanderbilts. He was also the son of Yale Lock inventor Linus Yale Jr., and a member of the Union League Club of New York.

Notably, he introduced the Shelby Steel Tube technology to the railway market, helping the growth of a new industry in America. He also founded an electric vehicle company in 1907, dealing in electric cars and other vehicles such as the Baker Motor Vehicle.