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  2. John D. Rockefeller - Wikipedia

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    John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest Americans of all time [1][2][3][4] and one of the richest people in modern history. [5][6][3] Rockefeller was born into a large family in Upstate New York who moved several times before eventually ...

  3. Rockefeller family - Wikipedia

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    The Rockefeller family (/ ˈ r ɒ k ə f ɛ l ər / ROCK-ə-fell-ər) is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brothers John D. Rockefeller and William A. Rockefeller Jr., primarily through Standard Oil (the predecessor of ...

  4. List of richest Americans in history - Wikipedia

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    Business magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller is widely considered the wealthiest American in history.. Most sources agree that, adjusting for inflation, John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) was the richest man in the United States.

  5. Book divulges 'shocking' and 'frightening' secrets about the ...

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    John D. Rockefeller is considered to be the wealthiest American of all time, earning his immense fortune after gaining control of 90 percent of American oil production in the late 1800s. The oil ...

  6. How Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust became Chevron ... - AOL

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    Around the turn of the twentieth century, Big Oil was John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust. By 1904, the monopoly controlled 91% of the U.S. oil market and 85% of final sales. But it was in ...

  7. John D. Rockefeller Jr. - Wikipedia

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    John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist. Rockefeller was the fifth child and only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in Midtown Manhattan known as Rockefeller Center, making him one of the largest ...

  8. 10 key management principles from John D. Rockefeller ... - AOL

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    John D. Rockefeller's leadership style helped him build an empire that propelled him to fame and fortune, writes award-winning historian Ron Chernow. 10 key management principles from John D ...

  9. Kykuit - Wikipedia

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    June 23, 1980. Kykuit (/ ˈkaɪkət / KY-kət), [3][4] known also as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, is a 40-room historic house museum in Pocantico Hills, a hamlet in the town of Mount Pleasant, New York 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City. The house was built for oil tycoon and Rockefeller family patriarch John D. Rockefeller.

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