John D. Rockefeller

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John D. Rockefeller

• Melissa L.

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John Rockefeller
John Rockefeller was born in Rickford, New York
to Eliza Davison Rockefeller and William Avery
Rockefeller. His dad walked out on him at a very
young age. John, like his mother, had his head on
straight, religious, and was known for being able
to concentrate on detail. John attended country
schools and spent a year at Owego Academy berfore
his family moved to Ohio. He went to high school
for two years in Cleveland. He enjoyed playing
poker.
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• Born 8 July 1839
• Died 23 May 1937
• Occupation The Casements, Ormond Beach,
  Florida, Chairman of Standard Oil Company,
  investor, philanthropist

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• John had five children. He had four girls and one
  boy.
• He had great wealth and was the worlds richest
  man at this time.
• Founded the Standard Oil Company in 1862
• Retired in the 1890s
• 1896 he got rid of all of his policy involvement
  of Standard Oil
• He gave 80 million dollars to a collegeThe
  investment I ever made
• Thought his purpose in life was to make money
• Retired in 1890 but still kept his normal title
  as president until 1911

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John D. Rockefeller died at age 97.
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Quotes

• "I had no ambition to make a fortune mere
  moneymaking has never been my goal. I had an
  ambition to build." - John D. Rockefeller.
• "Let the good work go on. We must ever remember
  we are refining oil for the poor man and he must
  have it cheap and good." - Rockefeller in a
  letter in 1885, to one of his partners in the
  Standard Oil Trust.
• "The way to make money is to buy when blood is
  running in the streets." - John D. Rockefeller.