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rockefellers life
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Started Working
worked as an assistant bookkeeper at the age of 16 in Cleveland, Ohio -
starts in the oil business
he entered the then-fledgling oil business in 1863 by investing in a Cleveland, Ohio refinery -
buys first refinery
In 1865, Rockefeller borrowed money to buy out some of his partners and take control of the refinery, which had become the largest in Cleveland. -
Founded Standard Oil
was one of the first big oil companies in the world and is considered to of been the biggest in history as far as America goes -
Standard Oil Grows
standard oil acquires a large part of the market at the time -
Standard Oil Is Huge
the most profitable company in the world -
Issues With The Government
the US takes an issue with the industry and is starting to make anti-trust fund bills -
Standard Oil Is Split Up
the US breaks up standard oil into multiple companies -
used as a escape goat for muck rakers
Rockefeller’s enormous wealth and success made him a target of muckraking journalists, reform politicians and others who viewed him as a symbol of corporate greed and criticized the methods with which he’d built his empire -
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retirement
In his personal life, Rockefeller was devoutly religious, a temperance advocate and an avid golfer. His goal was to reach the age of 100; however, he died at 97 on May 23, 1937, at The Casements, his winter home in Ormond Beach, Florida.
