https://padlet.com/elizabethspence/fdk4hj4k6p8f By: Elizabeth Spence en-us 2017-12-22 07:04:41 UTC 2026-01-14 00:23:23 UTC hello@padlet.com ElizabethSpence https://padlet.com/elizabethspence/fdk4hj4k6p8f/wish/217812673 - Rockefeller married the daughter of an Ohio merchant. His wife and himself helped assist in the finances of Spelman college.
-John had always been well-versed in industry, whether it was about oil or not.
-He wanted to live to be 100, but he only made it to 97]]> 2017-12-22 07:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethspence/fdk4hj4k6p8f/wish/217812673 ElizabethSpence https://padlet.com/elizabethspence/fdk4hj4k6p8f/wish/217812695 John D. Rockefeller donated over half a billion dollars to different religious, scientific and educational non-profits and for-profits. He founded the University of Chicago, a very impressive institution. As well as this, he founded the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.]]> 2017-12-22 07:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethspence/fdk4hj4k6p8f/wish/217812695 ElizabethSpence https://padlet.com/elizabethspence/fdk4hj4k6p8f/wish/217812714 Rockefeller was not born into a particularly wealthy home, but he was not dirt poor. He grew up in upstate NY. As he aged, John got involved with oil company and his riches grew exponentially. The Standard Oil company became one of the most, if not the most, successful companies America has ever seem. He gained this wealth through unethical prospects because of the monopoly that the Standard Oil company became.]]> 2017-12-22 07:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethspence/fdk4hj4k6p8f/wish/217812714 ElizabethSpence https://padlet.com/elizabethspence/fdk4hj4k6p8f/wish/217812726 In the year of 1870, the Standard Oil company was started by Rockefeller. The economy was booming at the time, and Rockefeller was a very lucky man. His company was thriving and there was no end in sight. He was dominating every other oil company. Roughly 2 years of this prospering went by and he controlled the majority of the oil market. He purchased more pipelines to spread the business and oil. The Standard Oil Company ended up being the monopoly of the oil industry.]]> 2017-12-22 07:07:20 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethspence/fdk4hj4k6p8f/wish/217812726 ElizabethSpence https://padlet.com/elizabethspence/fdk4hj4k6p8f/wish/217812955 Rockefeller was born July 8, 1939. He was born in the city of Richfield, NY. At 14, he moved from NY to OH. His first job was at 16, it was a business job. Once he was involved with business he made his first oil company in Cleveland, OH. This was the start of the Standard Oil Company.]]> 2017-12-22 07:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethspence/fdk4hj4k6p8f/wish/217812955