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Rockefeller's house, Florida

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He entered the oil business by investing in a Cleveland, Ohio refinery. In 1870 he established standard oil!!

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John is a founder of the standard oil company and revolutionized the petroleum industry. He became one of the worlds wealthiest men and a major philanthropist.

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His first recorded gifts were modest and tended to flow toward Baptist causes: the Five Points mission, the Mite society, foreign missions, “a poor woman in the church,” and so forth. As his resources grew, he increased his charitable giving. In 1857, he recorded $28.37 in donations. Two years later, he gave away $72.22—including funds to purchase and liberate the enslaved wife of an African American in Cincinnati. During the Civil War, Rockefeller broadened the scope of his giving. He made contributions to a Catholic orphanage, a nonsectarian industrial school, and a Swedish mission in Illinois. By 1865, he was giving away more than $1,000 annually.

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He was born on July 8th, 1839 in Richard, New York. In 1853, the family moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he attended High School and later established standard oil.

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He died on May 23rd, 1937 from old age. He wanted to reach the age of 100 but only made it to 97.. so close.

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Critics accused Rockefeller of unethical practices such as predatory pricing and colluding with railroads to eliminate his competitors.
His father was a com artist and a bigamist.
Every year, Rockefeller celebrated the anniversary of landing his first job
He hired substitute soldiers to avoid Civil War combat
Cleveland was the first epicenter of his oil empire.
Rockefeller donated more than $500 million to various philanthropic causes
Spekman College bears the maiden name of Rockefeller's wife
The court-ordered breakup of Standard Oil made rockefeller hundreds of millions of dollars