John Rockefeller
Standard Oil founder
John D.
Rockefeller (1839–1937) was an American industrialist who founded Standard Oil and became the wealthiest person in modern history.
His name functions as shorthand for extreme wealth and industrial monopoly power: He thinks he's John Rockefeller.
The Rockefeller name persists in philanthropy, architecture, and American political dynasties.
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- Standard OilHistoric petroleum monopoly
- StandardNamed or official designation
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
wealth · petroleum · refinery · Cleveland · billionaire · old money · rags to riches · philanthropy · robber baron · oil baron · kerosene · industrialist · fortune · Gilded Age · trust · antitrust · trust busting · ruthless
- Business IconsCarnegie, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, JP Morgan, Warren Buffett
- financiersfinancier, investor, banker, capitalist, backer
- tycoonsoil tycoon, tycoons, railroad tycoon, magnates, moguls
- philanthropydonations, charity work, donate, give, giving
- Famous AmericansAbraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington Carver, Thomas Edison, Rosa Parks
- OhioRock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cincinnati, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Akron, Columbus
John Rockefellerpauper
Person in extreme poverty
beggar · homeless person · sharecropper · coal miner · factory worker
John RockefellerKarl Marx
Mother Jones · Samuel Gompers · Emma Goldman · Upton Sinclair · labor organizer