The company Rockefeller started at age 23, Standard Oil, came to hold a virtual monopoly on the American oil industry. He maintained control of Standard Oil until its eventual break-up by the U.S.

The so-called Cleveland Massacre was the beginning of John D. Rockefeller's drive toward ... years later in her The History of the Standard Oil Company. "Nobody waited to find out his neighbor's ...

The Rockefeller ... John set out in pursuit of his own dreams; together with a partner, he founded a commission merchant company that dealt with meat, hay and grains. By the end of its first year, the ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Dec. 9. -John D. Rockefeller came here yesterday noon for luncheon at the Mansion House, ate lobster and planked chicken, "jollied" members of the Middlesex Grand Jury ...

Amid the race to secure mineral deposits—including in Ukraine and Greenland—the smartest players see a different opportunity.

John D. Rockefeller's legacy as a business titan is unparalleled. As the founder of Standard Oil, he established an ...

The family’s fortune, established by America’s first billionaire John D. Rockefeller Sr., the founder of the Standard Oil Company in the late 19th century, has endured for generations ...

John D. Rockefeller, one of the most powerful and wealthiest people in history, built Standard Oil into a massive monopoly by ruthlessly eliminating competitors. Government intervention led to the ...

The so-called Cleveland Massacre was the beginning of John D. Rockefeller's drive toward ... years later in her The History of the Standard Oil Company. "Nobody waited to find out his neighbor's ...

In the 21st century, the most valuable assets aren’t oil wells, factories ... A new industrial empire is being built, and just like John D. Rockefeller’s pipelines in the 19 th century ...