Atlas Shrugged/John Galt

The question "Who is John Galt" is asked repeatedly throughout Atlas Shrugged. Late into the book we learn the John Galt is the man who stopped the motor of the world and the leader of the Strikers. He is also the same character as Mystery Worker.

John Galt was the son of a garage mechanic in Ohio. He left home at age 12 and began college at Patrick Henry University at age 16. There he befriended Francisco d'Anconia and Ragnar Danneskjold, all three of whom double-majored in physics and philosophy. They were the cherished students of Robert Stadler and Hugh Akston.

After graduating, Galt become an engineer at the [Twentieth Century Motor Works]? where he designed a revolutionary new motor that had the potential to change the world. When the owners of the company decided to run the factory by the maxim, 'By each according to his ability, to each according to his need', Galt perceived what was wrong with the world and what had to be done to stop it. He put his mind on strike, and set about persuading the other men of the mind to go on strike as well.

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Since everyone across the country is repeating the phrase, "Who is John Galt?", it is naural that many people have attempted to answer that question. Dagny Taggart hears a number of John Galt Legends before finding the real John Galt.

There is a clothing store at 193 Gore Creek Drive, Vail Village, Colorado called John Galt Ltd. One presumes that, on occasion, a customer unknowingly walks in and asks, "Who is John Galt?"