Standard Oil founder Rockefeller was one of the greatest Wall Street magnates Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Reviewed by Caitlin Clarke Billionaire John D. Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 to May 23 ...

A portrait of John D. Rockefeller circa 1900, after he had built Standard Oil into the largest oil company in the United States. ... Rockefeller's influence on the oil business even is visible today.

John D. Rockefeller was born into modest circumstances in 1839, the son of an itinerant snake oil salesman who called himself a physician and his highly religious and disciplined wife, who raised ...

The heirs to John D. Rockefeller’s oil fortune are getting out of the fossil fuels business, as you may have heard from their many media admirers. That was the news last month after the ...

The monopolist’s son, John D. Rockefeller Jr., comes in a close second, constructing the Rockefeller Center, an expanse of 19 commercial skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan.

Tackling Exxon. John D. Rockefeller, Sr. started Standard Oil in 1870 and at one point controlled roughly 90 percent of oil production in the U.S., becoming one of the world's richest people.

Taking on industrialist John D. Rockefeller and breaking up his Standard Oil helped shape U.S. anti-monopoly law more ... Standard Oil handled 90% of the refining, while owning wells and gas ...

And the money just kept pouring in. Renowned oil man, philanthropist and “robber baron” John D. Rockefeller, Sr. became the nation’s first billionaire 100 years ago this month. Ac… ...

The late John D. Rockefeller is rightly regarded as one of the true titans of American industry, and it's hard to imagine America's economy without the hand he played in building the petroleum ...

Curator of Transportation Derek Moore, Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, discussed John D. Rockefeller's background and how he became a successful American business leader with his Standard Oil ...

As late as the 1880s, John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil commanded fully 80% of the world’s petroleum market. The most serious threats to his hegemony were already in his boardroom, having ...