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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 ...
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
Justin Aldrich Rockefeller (born July 12, 1979) [1] is an American impact investor and financial technology professional. He is a great-great grandson of John D. Rockefeller. Rockefeller was born on July 12, 1979, in West Virginia, the youngest son of former West Virginia senator, Jay Rockefeller (b. 1937), and his wife, Sharon Percy ...
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. These contemporaries include his former competitors, many of whom ...
He was the youngest son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and grandson of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller. [9] She attended the Ethel Walker School, an all-girls boarding school in Connecticut. [4] She graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in Political Science in 2009. [10] [11] [12] As a college student, she interned at the United ...
Pages in category "Rockefeller family" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. ... John D. Rockefeller Jr. John Sterling Rockefeller;
The Rockefeller Conscience: An American Family in Public and in Private, John Ensor Harr and Peter J. Johnson, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller: Worlds to Conquer 1908–1958, Cary Reich, New York: Doubleday, 1996. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller: The Woman in the Family, Bernice Kert, New York: Random House ...
John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist. Rockefeller was the fifth child and only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.