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For this reason, there is not one decisive ranking of the richest Americans in history. Many sources cite John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) as the richest person in the history of the United States, however this result comes not from adjusting his wealth for inflation, but by comparing his wealth to the size of the American economy at that time.
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York City, c. 1912. Rockefeller created the Rockefeller Foundation in 1913 [126] to continue and expand the scope of the work of the Sanitary Commission, [121] which was closed in 1915. [127] He gave $182 million to the foundation, [114] which focused on public health, medical training, and the ...
The Rockefeller family (/ ˈ r ɒ k ə f ɛ l ər / ROCK-ə-fell-ər) is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brothers John D. Rockefeller and William A. Rockefeller Jr., primarily through Standard Oil (the predecessor of ...
According to the Washington Post, Rockefeller’s vast wealth accounted for an eye-popping 2.5% of America’s GDP. However, there is an ongoing dispute among historians as to whether he ever ...
Only 10% of family wealth makes it to the third generation, according to a landmark Williams Group wealth consultancy study reported by Reuters in 2015. But a handful of families throughout history...
On Sept. 29, 1916, newspapers across the country announced a wealth milestone once thought to be unreachable: the world’s first billionaire. Top 10 people most likely to reach trillionaire ...
Net worth (if alive today): $371 billionOil magnate John D. Rockefeller is one of the most famous tycoons and richest men in American history, but the closest he ever came to college was a 10-week ...
David Rockefeller (June 12, 1915 ... Forbes estimated Rockefeller's net worth was $3.3 billion. [2] ... A Study in the Power of Money Today, Ferdinand Lundberg, ...