John D. Rockefeller
Net Worth 2024, Height, Wiki, Age, Bio


John D. Rockefeller Net Worth 2024, Height, Wiki, Age
Entrepreneur

Birthday

: 08 July 1839

Birthplace

: Richford, New York, US

Sign

: Cancer
 

Died

: 23 May 1937

Lived

: 97 years

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John D. Rockefeller Wiki


  • American oil industry business magnate and philanthropist, who is considered to be the wealthiest American of all time by virtually every source, and—largely—the richest person in modern history
Real name:John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
Born:08 July 1839 Comment
When did John D. Rockefeller die? / Died23 May 1937
How many years did John D. Rockefeller live? / Lived97 years
Where was John D. Rockefeller born?Richford, New York, US
Zodiac sign:Cancer

John D. Rockefeller Net worth 2024 (estimated)


How much is John D. Rockefeller worth?Under review
Nationality:American



Who was John D. Rockefeller? / Facts   


  • Born in upstate New York, he was shaped by his con man father and religious mother
  • His family moved several times before eventually settling in Cleveland, Ohio
  • He had various siblings, including William, who would enter the oil business with him
  • Rockefeller became an assistant bookkeeper at the age of 16, and went into a business partnership with Maurice B
  • Clark and his brothers at 20
  • He bought them out and went on founding Rockefeller & Andrews with his brother William and another shareholder — chemist Samuel Andrews
  • Instead of drilling for oil, he concentrated on refining
  • In 1867, Henry Flagler entered the partnership
  • The Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler company prospered, incorporating local refineries, until the foundation of Standard Oil
  • Rockefeller founded Standard Oil Company, Inc
  • in 1870 as an Ohio partnership with his brother William along with Henry Flagler, Jabez A
  • Bostwick, Samuel Andrews, and a silent partner, Stephen V. Harkness
  • He ran it until officially retiring in 1897
  • As kerosene and gasoline grew in importance, Rockefeller's wealth soared and he became the richest person in the country, controlling 90% of all oil in the United States at his peak
  • Oil was used throughout the country as a light source until the introduction of electricity and as a fuel after the invention of automobile
  • Rockefeller had enormous influence on the railroad industry, which transported his oil around the country
  • Standard Oil dominated the oil industry and was the first great business trust in the United States
  • Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry, and along with other key contemporary industrialists such as steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, defined the structure of modern philanthropy
  • The US Supreme Court ruled in 1911 that Standard Oil must be dismantled because it violated federal anti-trust laws; it was broken up into 34 separate entities that included companies that would become ExxonMobil, Chevron, and others

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