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John D. Rockefeller

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John D. Rockefeller

Founder of the Standard Oil Company


Who was John D. Rockefeller?

John D. Rockefeller was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company which became the first great U.S. business trusts. Standard Oil would go on to make Rockefeller the richest man in the world and the first to reach a billion dollars.

Black Gold

Rockefeller once said, God gave me my money. But in reality, it was oil that gave Rockefeller his billions. By the time of the Civil War, whale oil had become too expensive for the majority of Americans to use to light their homes. The petroleum boom in western Pennsylvania created a cheap alternative and Rockefeller was there at the beginning to exploit it.

The Rockefeller Billions

Rockefeller is said to have amassed a fortune that in today's dollars would be worth well over $600 billion dollars. To put that in perspective, the richest person in the world today is Mexico's Carlos Slim with a total net worth of around $69 billion.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for John D. Rockefeller

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Benton MacKaye

Co-Founder, Appalachian Trail

18th cousin 1 time removed
via Ralph de Stafford

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Benton MacKaye

Co-Founder, Appalachian Trail

21st cousin
via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers

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Benton MacKaye

Co-Founder, Appalachian Trail

15th cousin 1 time removed
via Katherine Pabenham

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

21st cousin
via Louis IX, King of France

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

21st cousin
via Ramon Berenguer IV of Provence

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

21st cousin
via Henry III, Duke of Brabant

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

18th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Maurice de Berkeley

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir William de Beauchamp

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

21st cousin
via Sir Humphrey de Bohun

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

15th cousin 1 time removed
via Katherine Pabenham

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

15th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Thomas Mowbray

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

21st cousin
via Sir Roger de Mortimer

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

21st cousin
via William de Beauchamp

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

21st cousin
via William de Mowbray

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Clare Eames

Silent Movie Actress

19th cousin
via Ralph de Stafford

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Clare Eames

Silent Movie Actress

19th cousin
via Sir Maurice de Berkeley

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Clare Eames

Silent Movie Actress

16th cousin
via Katherine Pabenham

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Clare Eames

Silent Movie Actress

16th cousin
via Sir Thomas Mowbray

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

21st cousin
via John, King of England

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir John FitzGeoffrey

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

21st cousin
via John de Lacy

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

21st cousin
via Sir Gilbert de Clare

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

18th cousin 1 time removed
via Ralph de Stafford

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

21st cousin
via Henry II, Duke of Brabant

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

21st cousin
via Louis VIII, King of France

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