John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history.
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1839 - 1937
Net Worth
$418 Billion
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Co. was an American oil-producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 by John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world at its height. Its history as one of the world's first and largest multinational corporations ended in 1911, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in a landmark case, that Standard Oil was an illegal monopoly.
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