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  1. Apr 9, 2010 · John D. Rockefeller (1839‑1937), founder of the Standard Oil Company, became one of the world’s wealthiest men as America's first billionaire and a major philanthropist.

  2. But there was another side to him. “Rockefeller’s fortune peaked in 1912 at almost $900,000,000, but his estate totaled only $26,410,837 when he died,” Parr writes, “making him the biggest ...

  3. Jul 19, 2021 · John D. Rockefeller (John Davison Rockefeller, Sr.) (1839 – 1937) was a leading American industrialist, financier, philanthropist, and founder of a powerful family of bankers and politicians. He revolutionized the oil industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy during the Gilded Age. He was one of the two or three most prominent ...

  4. Apr 2, 2014 · Name: John Davison Rockefeller. Birth Year: 1839. Birth date: July 8, 1839. Birth State: New York. Birth City: Richford. Birth Country: United States. Gender: Male. Best Known For: John D ...

  5. Mr. Rockefeller's benefactions from 1855 to 1934 totaled $530,853,632, of which the greater amount went to the four great foundations he established for the purpose of handling his charities. They were the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, in memory of his wife, and ...

  6. Rockefeller liked the Ormond Beach area so much that after four seasons at the hotel, he bought an estate in Ormond Beach called The Casements in 1918. [136] [137] Rockefeller was seventy-eight years old when he moved into the Casements. He became known in the area for his elaborate Christmas parties, his love of golf, and for handing out dimes ...

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  8. Jul 11, 2014 · In a sense, this underestimates the oil scion’s wealth. By the time Rockefeller died in 1937, his assets equaled 1.5% of America’s total economic output. To control an equivalent share today ...