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   Learn about the life and legacy of John D. Rockefeller, an American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Standard Oil Company and revolutionized the petroleum industry. Find out how he became one of the richest people in history and how he used his wealth to support education, medicine, and social causes.

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   Apr 9, 2010 · Learn about the life and legacy of John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil and one of the world's richest men. Discover how he built his empire, faced antitrust lawsuits and became a major philanthropist.

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   Apr 2, 2014 · John D. Rockefeller was the head of the Standard Oil Company and one of the world's richest men. He used his fortune to fund ongoing philanthropic causes.

6. www.history.com · news · 10-things-you-may-not-know10 Things You May Not Know About John D. Rockefeller

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   • His father was a con artist and a bigamist. The tycoon’s father, William Avery Rockefeller, was a traveling snake-oil salesman who posed as a deaf-mute peddler and hawked miracle drugs and herbal remedies.
   • Every year, Rockefeller celebrated the anniversary of landing his first job. On September 26, 1855, a Cleveland merchant company, Hewitt and Tuttle, hired the teenaged John D. Rockefeller as an assistant bookkeeper.
   • He hired substitute soldiers to avoid Civil War combat. American Civil War History. Although he was a fervent abolitionist, Rockefeller did not take up arms when the Civil War broke out in 1861.
   • Cleveland was the first epicenter of his oil empire. Shortly after the discovery of petroleum in Titusville, Pennsylvania, the 24-year-old Rockefeller entered the fledgling oil business in 1863 by investing in a Cleveland refinery.

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   Learn about the life and career of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., the oil tycoon who became one of the richest and most influential men in American history. Explore his early years, his business ventures, his philanthropy, and his legacy.

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   Learn about the life and achievements of John D. Rockefeller, the oil tycoon and philanthropist who founded Standard Oil and the Rockefeller Foundation. Explore his biography, business career, and legacy of giving.

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   Who was John Davison Rockefeller?

   • John Davison Rockefeller, the son of a traveling salesman, was born on July 8, 1839, in Richford, New York. Industrious even as a boy, the future oil magnate earned money by raising turkeys, selling candy and doing jobs for neighbors.

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   Was Rockefeller a rich person?

   • 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 settling in Cleveland, Ohio.

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   What did Rockefeller do in 1870?

   • In 1870, he established Standard Oil, which by the early 1880s controlled some 90 percent of U.S. refineries and pipelines. Critics accused Rockefeller of engaging in unethical practices, such as predatory pricing and colluding with railroads to eliminate his competitors in order to gain a monopoly in the industry.

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   Was Rockefeller a philanthropist?

   • Rockefeller was a devout Baptist, and once retired from the daily operations of running one of the world’s largest businesses (in 1895, at age 56), he kept himself busy with charitable endeavors, becoming one of the more respected philanthropists in history.

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   Why was Rockefeller important?

   • In keeping with the historic missions of the Baptists, it was especially active in supporting black schools in the South. 122 Rockefeller also provided financial support to such established eastern institutions as Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Brown, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley and Vassar.

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   When did Rockefeller become president?

   • Rockefeller retained his nominal title as president until 1911 and he kept his stock. At last in 1911, the Supreme Court of the United States found Standard Oil Company of New Jersey in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. By then the trust still had a 70% market share of the refined oil market but only 14% of the U.S. crude oil supply. [ 91 ]

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10. www.thoughtco.com · john-d-rockefeller-p2-1779821John D. Rockefeller, America's First Billionaire - ThoughtCo

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    Jul 10, 2019 · Learn about the life and achievements of John D. Rockefeller, America's first billionaire and the founder of Standard Oil Company. Discover how he built his empire, faced legal challenges, and gave away his fortune to charity.