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 ...

The five-bedroom home was built for the son of former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller on the family’s vast Hudson Valley ...

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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Even after Standard Oil was broken into 34 companies, Rockefeller’s wealth multiplied because he retained ownership in each one. Just as Rockefeller became the richest man of his era by ...

America has produced some big name billionaires from Jeff Bezos to Mark Zuckerberg to Bill Gates, but one entrepreneur held more wealth than they do combined ...

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 ...

More than a century after American magnate John D. Rockefeller built a petroleum empire through Standard Oil, the company's legacy still looms large in today's market. At its peak, Standard Oil ...