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John Davison Rockefeller Jr. was born on January 29, 1874, in Cleveland, Ohio. [3] He was the fifth and youngest child of Standard Oil co-founder John Davison Rockefeller Sr. and schoolteacher Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman.
John Davison Rockefeller IV was born at New York Hospital in Manhattan to John Davison Rockefeller III (1906–1978) and Blanchette Ferry Hooker (1909–1992), 26 days after the death of his patrilineal great-grandfather, John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937). He is a grandson of John D. Rockefeller Jr. Jay graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in
Analysis of the company's operations by John D. Rockefeller Jr. showed a need for substantially more funds which were provided in exchange for acquisition of CF&I's subsidiaries such as the Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company, the Crystal River Railroad Company, and possibly the Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron Company.
One of the few remaining links to the U.S. "gilded" era of robber barons, he was the son of John D. Rockefeller Jr., who developed New York's Rockefeller Center, and was the last living grandson ...
Google's (GOOG, GOOGL) legal troubles could force it to sell off some of its prized businesses, but investors worried about that outcome may find some comfort in what happened to John Rockefeller ...
John D. Rockefeller is considered to be the wealthiest American of all time, earning his immense fortune after gaining control of 90 percent of American oil production in the late 1800s. The oil ...
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 ...
Many in America’s top 10% still feel ‘very poor’ but billionaire Warren Buffett says most folks ‘live better than John D Rockefeller' — 3 tips to create real wealth with the income you have