John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

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$340 billion. This amount, according to Forbes’s website, is John D. Rockefeller, Sr.’s net wealth in today’s dollars. Mr. Rockefeller built his fortune through the oil industry. He founded the Standard Oil Company, which owned about 90% of American refineries and pipelines. Although John D. Rockefeller, Sr. is arguably the richest man in United States history, he was also a deeply despised man. According to PBS’s video on the Rockefellers, he kept a revolver near his bedside because of death and kidnapping

Laurance Rockefeller was regarded as an incredibly important figure in environmentalism. He was very generous with his money, giving it away in the effort to protect special landscapes. Furthermore his money, family, and donations helped him reached very high environmental positions. The Rockefeller Family, the Power Elite, and Noblesse Oblige, can help explain some Laurances life in context. In or der to explain how Laurance climbed his way to the top environmentally, one must start with his family

John D. Rockefeller Senior is one of the most famous industrialists to date. His fame is well deserved, through decades of hard work that brought prosperity to the American petroleum industry. Rockefeller has been called philanthropist, "great man" 1 "industrial statesman…, robber baron" , thief and other titles of both pleasant and unpleasant nature. His ways of conducting business brought him fame, fortune, and a lawsuit that broke up the Standard Oil Company. Despite these questionable business

were these people called the "titans." John D. Rockefeller was considered one of the "titans." Rockefeller wanted to be the richest man in America, however, he was the first billionaire in America (Independence Hall Association, 2015). He was born in Richford, New York in 1839. Rockefeller was the second child and he had five other siblings which were William Rockefeller, Frank Rockefeller, Lucy Rockefeller Briggs, Francis Rockefeller, and Mary Ann Rockefeller (Famous people,2015). He married Laura

Robber Baron Vs. Captain of Industry? John D. Rockefeller was the guiding force behind the creation of the Standard Oil Company, which grew to dominate the oil industry. This company was one of the first big trusts in the United States, thus much controversy and opposition arose regarding business strategies and its organization. John D. Rockefeller was also one of the United States first major philanthropists, establishing numerous important foundations and donating close to $600 million to various

William Avery Rockefeller was a common pitchman “doctor” that sold cancer treatment tonics for $25 town to town and city to city. His wife, Eliza Davison Rockefeller, was a deeply religions and very disciplined woman (Poole). John D. Rockefeller was born into a humble existence but was taught many valuable life lessons from his parents. He learned the basics of business paperwork along with the sacredness of a business contract from his father and the importance of giving money to church and charities

Mitchell Hollis 5/28/15 Honors D Term Paper Final During the latter half of the nineteenth century, following the immense development in technology known as the Industrial Revolution, the company known as Standard Oil Co. Inc., and its head, John D. Rockefeller, Sr., grew to become, arguably, the most powerful symbol of capitalism in the United States of America. At the top of the nation’s industrial hierarchy was the mysterious, controversial figure held in contempt by millions

To describe John D. Rockefeller in one word would be an extremely difficult, if not impossible, thing to do. Rockefeller was known by so many things in his time and still today; a captain of industry who revolutionised the American economy with new business practices and keen management of what he controlled, a robber baron who lied and cheated his way to the top with back room dealings and taking advantage of the most disadvantaged of people. In his early life, Rockefeller grew up in Richmond, New

Throughout the Gilded age, men like John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and John Pierpont Morgan shaped America during the early parts of the 20th century to the present. All three of these men became the top owner of each of their companies during there lifetimes. Rockefeller became the first billionaire in American history through his company Standard Oil and owned ninety percent of the world’s oil. Carnegie became a wealthy businessman through steel and J.P. Morgan succeeded through banking