John D Rockefeller

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  • John D Rockefeller

    John D Rockefeller
    • John Davidson Rockefeller
    • Born July 8, 1839 in New York
    • Died May 23 1937 in New York
    • Industrialist and Philanthropist
    • Son of a snake-oil salesman
    • Moved around a lot growing up
    • Eventually opened an oil refinery in cleveland, Ohio
    • Very Religious, Devout Baptist

  • Standard Oil

    Standard Oil
    • 1870, incorporated by John and associates like Henry M. Flagler
    • Bought out competitors
    • 1872, controlled all refineries in Cleveland
    • First American "trust". a committee with a board of 9 trustees with rockefeller as its head
    • 1882, near monopoly on all oil in America, owning around 90% of all refined oil -1890, Sherman Antitrust act -1892, Ohio supreme court declared standard oil a monopoly
    • forced the company into pieces: ExxonMobil, Marathon, Chevron, bp

  • Philanthropy

    • 1897, devoted himself to philanthropy
    • made the founding of the university of Chicago possible
    - Established the Rockefeller institute for medical research, now called Rockefeller University -

  • Political Cartoon

    Political Cartoon
    • " The Trust Giant's Point of View"

  • Net Worth

  • Worker Treatment

  • Quote

    “ i believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living” -

  • Impact on Society/ Industry