Industrialist, Philanthropist John D. Rockefeller
Jan. 8, 1999 - Cleveland, OH, U.S. - American industrialist and philanthropist, JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy. In 1870, he founded the Standard Oil Company and ran it until he officially retired in 1897. Rockefeller kept his stock and as gasoline grew in importance, his wealth soared and he became the world's richest man and first U.S. dollar billionaire
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