Essays on John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller is by far the world’s richest man to have ever lived. He has monopolized the oil empire in the 19th century, making it both far more accessible and affordable. This may sound strange, because when you think about the world’s wealthiest people…

John Davison Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) John Davison Rockefeller is a famous American businessman and the “first billionaire and the patriarch of America’s most famous dynasty–is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians” (1). “Born as a…

Do you ever wonder who were the masterminds that created America? Apart from a political point of view, who built the jobs, the factories, the life long businesses, the economy, the stock market, etc. Better yet do you ever wonder how they got there? The…

The book, John D. Rockefeller: Anointed with Oil, by Grant Segall is a biography following the events of Rockefeller’s life. John Davison Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839. His parents were William Avery and Eliza Davison Rockefeller. John grew up in many regions of…

A Captain of Industry is a business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributes positively to the country in some way. Whereas Robber Baron is a derogatory metaphor of social criticism originally applied to certain late-nineteenth-century American businessmen who used unscrupulous methods to…

America as we know today is a society that runs mostly on technology and machines. With the addition of these machines and technological advances, growing crops and accomplishing other actives takes no time. Imagine having to use candles for your home every day instead of…

The book for this specific review will be “Taking on the Trust,” written by Steve Weinberg. The year of publication is 2009, and the publisher is W. W. Norton & Company. It has 337 pages. The author presents a biographical approach of the clash between…

In the year 1839, on July 8th, Eliza and William Rockefeller had a child which they named John. John only had a little time with his father because William left the family when John was ten years old. William later became known as “Devil Bill,”…