Essays on John D. Rockefeller

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…

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…

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…

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…