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Birth
He was born July 8 in Richford New York. -
Rockefeller was generous with his money.
With his first job at 16, Rockefeller donated 6% of his earnings to charity and later 10% when he was 20. -
At age 16 he get his first real job.
He worked as an office clerk at a Cleveland Commission Firm. He thought this first day to enter the work world was so important that he commemorated it every year. -
John and his partner
His business partner was Maurice Clark. After this business kept going up for them. -
When he got married
He relied on his wife and took her advice all the time. They eventually had 4 daughters and 1 son. -
When he took over standered oil
The picture is when he get the idea of buying out the oil companys.
In 1870 he buys the oil and calls it standered oil. -
About His family
He had 5 kids 1 son and four daughter. He had six grandsons and two granddaughters. He had tow brothers and five sisters. A mom a dad. -
when he had control of railroads
When Vanderbilt died John Rockefeller took control of the railroads. -
Oil company
In 1882 he had full control of the standard oil. -
Riches man in the world
When he died he has 1.5% of the Americas total economic output. So today it would be 340 billion dollars. He gave more than 80 million before his death. -
death
He died of old age and was buried in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland. This is a picture before he died. -
when his dad died
His dad died May 11 1961.
