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John D. Rockefeller

BiographiesIndustrialists and empire builders

Started as an assistant bookkeeper at 16, concentrated on oil refining and founded Standard Oil in 1870; one of the richest people in history. Founded the University of Chicago. Died in 1937.

Standard Oil

8 biographies about them

Biographies 8Profiles 1

A literature with two poles: Tarbell's contemporaneous prosecution and Chernow's modern reappraisal.

The History of the Standard Oil CompanyThe History of the Standard Oil Company
T1 The History of the Standard Oil Company
Ida M. Tarbell · 1904
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Standard Oil used railroad rebates to crush rival refiners, case by case.

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
T1 Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Ron Chernow · 1998
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Rockefeller built Standard Oil, faced its breakup and gave his fortune away.

“…books I've recommended, highlighted to death, or forced on friends.” — Andrew Wilkinson

Source: Andrew Wilkinson's Bookshelf, neverenough.com

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, Charlie Munger and 12 others

God's Gold
T2 God's Gold
John T. Flynn · 1932
Open LibraryGoodreads

The hostile Depression-era life that Nevins was commissioned to answer.

Pioneering in Big Business, 1882-1911
T2 Pioneering in Big Business, 1882-1911
Ralph W. Hidy, Muriel E. Hidy · 1955
Open LibraryGoodreads

The authorised scholarly history of Standard Oil of New Jersey.

Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller, IndustrStudy in Power: John D. Rockefeller, Industrialist and Philanthropist
T3 Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller, Industrialist and Philanthropist
Allan Nevins · 1940
Open LibraryGoodreads

The major revisionist defence written against Tarbell.

The Rockefellers: An American DynastyThe Rockefellers: An American Dynasty
T3 The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty
Peter Collier, David Horowitz · 1976
Open LibraryGoodreads

The family and trusts that outlived the operating company.

Rockefeller Medicine MenRockefeller Medicine Men
T3 Rockefeller Medicine Men
E. Richard Brown · 1979
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Rockefeller philanthropy reshaped American medicine.

The Rockefeller CenturyThe Rockefeller Century
T3 The Rockefeller Century
John Ensor Harr, Peter J. Johnson · 1988
Open LibraryGoodreads

Three generations of Rockefellers and how the fortune passed down.