It’s as if John D. Rockefeller is reaching out from the grave to reassemble his old Standard Oil monopoly. ConocoPhillips’ $22.5 billion all-stock acquisition of Marathon Oil—both former pie ...

Rockefeller: The Standard Oil Co. has been one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of upbuilders we ever had in this country — or in any country. All of which has inured to the benefit of the ...

The company Rockefeller started at age 23, Standard Oil, came to hold a virtual monopoly on the American oil industry. He maintained control of Standard Oil until its eventual break-up by the U.S.

In "The History of the Standard Oil Company," she skillfully infused her exposé of the complicated inner workings of Rockefeller's trust with dramatic tension. Her eloquent prose, as gripping as ...

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The founder of Standard Oil Company and the richest man of his time, Rockefeller purchased the Pocantico Hills estate in 1893, and expanded his holdings to more than 3,000 acres by 1890 ...

The Rockefeller name is one so deeply entrenched in different ... In 1870, John and his business partners incorporated the Standard Oil Company. Owing much to the favourable economic conditions at the ...

He began his public life as an officer in a number of family-related enterprises, including Rockefeller Center, Creole Oil (the Venezuelan subsidiary of Standard Oil), and the Museum of Modern Art ...