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John D. Rockefeller was the founder of Standard Oil, the forerunner of nearly every United States-based oil company in existence today, and a philanthropist who founded the University of Chicago, Rockefeller University, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Fast Facts
- Born: July 8, 1839
- Married in 1864 to Laura Celestia Spelman
- Died: May 23, 1937
- Greatest ambition: to make $100,000 and to live to 100
- Gave away approximately $550 million
- At one point his fortune represented 2% of the American economy
- The richest man in the world while alive, and perhaps the richest man in world history
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Brief Biography
Rockefeller was born into a modest family that moved between western New York and Ohio while he was a child. He began investing in oil refineries in Cleveland, Ohio in 1862, and formed Standard Oil of Ohio in 1870. By 1874, Standard Oil had bought out all of the other refineries in Cleveland. By the 1890s, Rockefeller was a multi-millionaire and Standard Oil owned 90% of the market for kerosene products. In [[1911], the Supreme Court ordered that Standard Oil be broken up as it had become a monopoly, and the company was divided into 34 separate companies, including what would become Amoco, Conoco, Chevron, Exxon, and Mobil. In 1902, Rockefeller had a net worth of $200 million and upon his death in 1937, his fortune was estimated at $1.4 billion. Relative to the purchasing power of money at the time, Rockefeller's fortune was vastly more than that held by Bill Gates or other billionaires today. -
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Allegheny College: John D. Rockefeller: A Character Study (1902)
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The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy - $17.00
What we think of as the modern American economy was the creation of four men: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan. They were the giants of the Gilded Age, and lived at a moment of riotous growth-and real violen...
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Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller - $25.95
<strong>How a female investigative journalist brought down the world’s greatest tycoon and broke up the Standard Oil monopoly. Long before the rise of mega-corporations like Wal-Mart ...
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Charlie Rose with David Rockefeller (December 1, 1998) - $24.95
David Rockefeller, grandson of John D. Rockefeller, discusses his grandfather's legacy, his family history, projects like Colonial Williamsburg, and the scope and influence of his family's name and estate.This product is manufactured on ...
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. - $18.00
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist"A biography that has many of the best attributes of a novel. . . . Wonderfully fluent and compelling." --The New York Times"A triumph of the art of biography. Unflag...
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John D. Rockefeller, Sr.: America's First Billionaire - $2.49
Biographical profile of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. America's first billionaire. He established Standard Oil and built it into an oil empire that controlled the oil industry. Standard Oil was the nation's most powerful trust, a progenitor of o...
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@jacquelyneden Solar, wind, wave, geothermal, I'll own it all! I'll be the next John D. Rockefeller.
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"The world owes no man a living but it owes every man an opportunity to make a living." John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
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"Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege" - John D. Rockefeller JR #itsallconnected #impossible2possible
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"I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity." - John D. Rockefeller
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John D. Rockefeller in Popular Culture
WARNING: Pop ups Note: This timeline links to IMDb which is known to have pop ups.- 1913: Rockefeller
- 1965: A Trip Down Memory Lane
- 1992: The Rockefeller Family and Colonial Williamsburg
- 2002: Modern Marvels: Million Dollar Tech
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John D. Rockefeller Satire and Humor
- New York Times: "Rockefeller Wit Endeared Him to Friends;...Relished Quip by Will Rogers..." (1937)
- Anecdotage.com: John D. Rockefeller Anecdotes
- New York Times: "Rockefeller Makes Jokes" (1908) | "Iceman Jokes John D." (1914)
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