The Unheard Rockefeller Story Of Power And Wealth

Sonali Pandey
21 min readDec 15, 2020
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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…

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