John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller (1885) was one of the richest men in the history of the world.

John Davison Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American businessman. He controlled an oil company called Standard Oil, which sold most of the oil in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the first billionaire in world history. He is considered to be the richest man in American history, and one of the richest men in the history of the world.

Today, the money he made would be worth more than half a trillion dollars. He used the large amounts of money he had to do various things, including starting the University of Chicago, funding important medical research, and giving the land for the General Assembly Building of the United Nations.

Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York. He died in Ormond Beach, Florida from arteriosclerosis, aged 97.

John D. Rockefeller Media

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  Rockefeller's birthplace in Richford, New York

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  John D. Rockefeller aged 18

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  Rockefeller c. 1872, shortly after founding Standard Oil

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  Rockefeller in 1875. By then, he shaved off his sideburns, leaving his iconic mustache.

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  Share of the Standard Oil Company, issued May 1, 1878

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  Standard Oil Trust Certificate 1896

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  Standard Oil Refinery No. 1 in Cleveland, Ohio, 1897

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  Portrait of John D Rockefeller by Eastman Johnson, 1895

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  The big corporations such as Standard Oil made large contributions to McKinley's presidential campaign.

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  Fear of monopolies ("trusts") is shown in this critique of Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company.