Ron Chernow.
RON CHERNOW: JOHN D.ROCKEFELLER BIOGRAPHY
tITAN: THE LIFE OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER SNR (1998)
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (1839 - 1937) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest Americans of all time and one of the richest people in modern history. He became an assistant bookkeeper at age 16 and went into several business partnerships beginning at age 20, concentrating his business on oil refining. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870. He ran it until 1897 and remained its largest shareholder. In his retirement, he focused on philanthropy, especially IN education, medicine, and higher education.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ron Chernow is a leading American biographer and journalist. The subjects of his biographies include John D. Rockefeller, Alexander Haimilton and George Washington. He has also written accounts of the Morgan and Warburg banking families. He obtained degrees from Yale University and from Pembroke College, Cambridge.
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