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John D. Rockefeller's painting by John Singer Sargent in 1917 Rockefeller had a long and controversial career in the oil industry followed by a long career in philanthropy. His image is an amalgam of all of these experiences and the many ways he was viewed by his contemporaries.
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PORTRAIT OF MR. JOHN D. ROCKKFELLER BY EASTMAN JOHNSON Eastman Johnson outlived their freshness of judgment and Bareness ofeye. Many of his contemporaries—once on thetop wave of success^have been forgotten, and iftheir names perchance are mentioned, they recallto us nothing but the old Academy days offorty or fifty years ago.
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 ...
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John D. Rockefeller's leadership style helped him build an empire that propelled him to fame and fortune, writes award-winning historian Ron Chernow. 10 key management principles from John D ...