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The Unheard Rockefeller Story Of Power And Wealth
You probably associate it with money when you hear the name John D. Rockefeller, given that he was the wealthiest American in history and one of the most wealthy men of all time. His fortune was valued at US$409 billion at the time of his death in 1937 (adjusted for inflation, of course). And, that was roughly 2% of the entire economy of the United States. The large contributions he gave and the founding of the Rockefeller Foundation do not take this amount into account.
Rockefeller inherited the pious convictions of his mother and throughout his life, considered himself a devout man. He took everything he learned to establish Standard Oil, a large corporation that supplied 90 percent of America’s oil at one point. Do you ever wonder how this average man managed to monopolize industry as a whole?
Here is John D. Rockefeller’s tale and how he rose to the top to become one of the wealthiest personalities of his time.
SON OF A CON MAN
John Rockefeller was born on July 8th, 1839, in Richford, New York. His father was known in the neighborhood as a con artist and was referred to as “Devil Bill.” When it came to his family life, Bill wasn’t around much. He spent a great deal of time on the lane, saying he wanted to sell lumber for his job and later market patent medicines. The second of the six children Bill had with his wife, Eliza, was John. Bill had two more children out of wedlock as well. He wasn’t the best dad, and his sons were known to be cheated out of money, but he believed that it was to educate the businesses and the importance of money.
JOHN’S DEVOTIONAL MOTHER
Bill thought he would have more career opportunities in different places, so when John was a young child, he relocated the family several times. Eventually, they settled in Strongsville, Ohio. In Cleveland, John attended high school and then took a business class where he learned the…
