The Biography of John D. Rockefeller: America’s Most Notorious Oil Titan and Robber Baron

By Robert Milton

In the 1800s, a young boy had an epiphany of pursuing grand ambitions in his life. Having a difficult childhood, his family moved a lot because of his father's unscrupulous life. The young boy began to earn a living by doing small chores until he got a job as a bookkeeper at a firm in Ohio. An unsatisfactory pay led him to quit his job to go into business for himself. This led him to embark on a stellar career as an entrepreneur which made him the richest person to have ever lived. This is the story of John D. Rockefeller.

 

His father made money by duping people as he traveled across the country. He also had two wives and they all lived together as an extended family. John was an antithesis of his father in many ways. A versatile man of many means, he was loving to his family but ruthless to his competitors sparing no effort to get ahead.

By the 1860s, he controlled the oil sector in the United States. His output was so great that he was able to negotiate favorable prices with railroad companies to transport his oil..Come and get to know the man who one either admired or loathed, someone who was a visionary, an ingenious profiteer.

 

Here's a preview of what you'll discover in this book:

• John D. Rockefeller's early childhood, family life, and education
• Growing up with an unscrupulous father
• Having a clear direction is what he wanted out of life
• Settling in Ohio and working as a bookkeeper
• Feeling shortchanged and launching his own business
• Hitting it off famously and dominating the oil sector
• Coming to odd terms with regulators and going around it
• Becoming the richest man who ever lived
• Philanthropy and the legacy that he left behind
• ….. And much more!

This fantastic account of the man and how he ran his affairs will open your eyes and give you a unique perspective into the life of a business genius.

• Language: English
• Publisher: MG Publishing
• Release date: Dec 22, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393433934

Book preview

The Biography of John D. Rockefeller

America’s Most Notorious Oil Titan and Robber Baron

Robert Milton

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Before Standard Oil

Birth and Beginnings

Family

Religion

Career

The Standard Oil Era

The South Improvement Company

The Cleveland Massacre

The National Refiners’ Association and the Panic of 1873

The Standard Oil Trust

Versus the Pennsylvania Railroad

The Issue of Monopolies

Post-Standard Oil

Philanthropy

Examining Rockefeller’s Philanthropy

Death and Legacy

Lasting Influences

Visiting

Conclusion

Introduction

John D. Rockefeller—few names are as synonymous with business and moneymaking than this one. Rockefeller was a robber baron during the United States of America’s Gilded Age, and he made a name for himself by amassing a great amount of wealth and fortune spread throughout several businesses and assets.

Rockefeller was known for doing whatever it took to make money, and because of this, he is often viewed in a negative light even today. However, many of his business practices are also still used today, and he remains simultaneously an idealized figure of fortune and a villainous image from a dark time in American history.

But who was Rockefeller? Was there more to him than simply the Standard Oil company and his extreme involvement in the oil industry? How did he create the fortune he became so well-known for, and where did he come from in the first place? What drove and motivated him toward the goals he achieved time and time again?

By exploring Rockefeller and his relationship to the world around him, it becomes easier to recognize the important details about his life and his existence. Of course there was more to Rockefeller than simply his business; this can be said of everyone, and it was no less true of him.

However, separating the man from the money becomes difficult when talking about someone as famously wealthy as Rockefeller. This is just one of the many reasons why it is so crucial to take time to truly consider who he was and the way he worked to shape his own destiny. This information can humanize Rockefeller, and it should, because he was nothing if not a human first. By learning about Rockefeller from every angle, the whole picture of who he was and what he worked so hard for becomes clearer than ever before.

This book strives to discuss Rockefeller from a variety of different points of view. The beginning of the book is devoted to information about his early life, his family, his religion, and the factors that drove him as a human being. From there, the book launches into a thorough examination of Rockefeller’s time with the Standard Oil company and how it turned into the vast monopoly it became.

The latter part of the book discusses the time after the Standard Oil company and how Rockefeller reacted to the dissolution of his Trust. This section also includes information regarding his philanthropy, his death, and the legacy that still lives on even now, decades after his passing.

Use this book to explore more thoroughly the concepts surrounding Rockefeller. The information within can make it easier to form a less biased opinion of the man and his activities based on the complete picture. Try not to get caught up in the name-calling and rumor-mongering that occurred so much during America’s Gilded Age, and instead consider the elements that made up John D. Rockefeller as well as some of the ways he put his money to use. The results can be surprising.

Before Standard Oil

Rockefeller’s life was a vast one. He was an incredible person who started from a young age focusing on business and his career. He came from humble beginnings but quickly made a name for himself and has gone down in history as one of the wealthiest people to ever live. Although Rockefeller did not start out his life with the intention of becoming a robber baron, he began a journey down that path and never looked back. Before understanding his relationship with the Standard Oil company and with the oil industry as a whole, it is important to examine where he came from and what shaped him.

Birth and Beginnings

Rockefeller’s family always lived in New York state, so it comes as no surprise that he become so heavily associated with the state as well throughout his lifetime. His mother’s name was Eliza Davison and his father’s name was William Avery Rockefeller. He was the second of six children, after his sister Lucy and before his brother William Jr., his

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