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Oct 10, 2024 · Standard Oil, U.S. company and corporate trust that from 1870 to 1911 was the industrial empire of John D. Rockefeller and associates, controlling almost all oil production, processing, marketing, and transportation in the United States.
Standard Oil's prehistory began in 1863, as an Ohio partnership formed by industrialist John D. Rockefeller, his brother William Rockefeller, Henry Flagler, chemist Samuel Andrews, silent partner Stephen V. Harkness, and Oliver Burr Jennings, who had married the sister of William Rockefeller's wife.
By 1870, the firm of Rockefeller, Andrews, and Flagler was, thanks to Rockefeller’s vision, a super-efficient refining machine, generating more than fifteen hundred barrels a day—more than ...
May 29, 2018 · The company took the place of the previous firm of Rockefeller, Andrews and Flagler (formed 1867), whose refineries were the largest in Cleveland and probably the largest in the world at that time. The company immediately made important extensions.
By 1870, the firm of Rockefeller, Andrews, and Flagler was, thanks to Rockefeller’s vision, a super-efficient refining machine, generating more than fifteen hundred barrels a day 38 — more than most refineries could produce in a week — at lower cost than anyone else. And in that year, the firm became the Standard Oil Company of Ohio — a ...
Apr 23, 2023 · Here we tell the story of some entrepreneurs from Bellevue, Ohio who joined forces with JD Rockefeller to build Standard Oil in 1870. The company was very successful, making the founders (including Rockefeller, Flagler, and Harkness) extremely wealthy, on the level of Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos.
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In 1867 this firm absorbed an oil refinery that had been established by William Rockefeller, and took in as partners William Rockefeller and Henry M. Flagler. This was the first of the long...
