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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 ...
Alida Rockefeller Messinger (born 1948) is an American philanthropist who is an heir to the Rockefeller family fortune. [1] A donor to Democratic candidates and environmentalist causes, she is the former of wife of Minnesota governor and U.S. Senator Mark Dayton. [2] Messinger is also a sister of ex-West Virginia governor and U.S. Senator Jay ...
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...
The Rockefeller fortune was born out of Standard Oil, the company he founded in 1870. ... And, with the seven heirs to Sam Walton’s retail empire holding a combined net worth just shy of Jeff ...
Rockefeller [18] List of family members: 11 (2016) Standard Oil Company, Chase Manhattan Bank United States: Würth [26] Adolf Würth, Reinhold Würth, Bettina Würth: 10.8 (2016) Würth Gruppe Germany: Gallo [18] Ernest Gallo, Julio Gallo: 10.7 (2016) E & J Gallo Winery United States: Uihlein: Elizabeth Uihlein, Richard Uihlein: 10.4 (2024) [7 ...
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [6] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
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Marcellus Hartley Dodge Jr. (July 29, 1908 – August 29, 1930) was the heir to the Remington-Rockefeller fortune. He lived at Giralda Farms in Madison, New Jersey. He died in a car accident in France. [1]