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worked as an assistant bookkeeper at the age of 16 in Cleveland, Ohio
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he entered the then-fledgling oil business in 1863 by investing in a Cleveland, Ohio refinery
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In 1865, Rockefeller borrowed money to buy out some of his partners and take control of the refinery, which had become the largest in Cleveland.
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was one of the first big oil companies in the world and is considered to of been the biggest in history as far as America goes
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standard oil acquires a large part of the market at the time
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the most profitable company in the world
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the US takes an issue with the industry and is starting to make anti-trust fund bills
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the US breaks up standard oil into multiple companies
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Rockefeller’s enormous wealth and success made him a target of muckraking journalists, reform politicians and others who viewed him as a symbol of corporate greed and criticized the methods with which he’d built his empire
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In his personal life, Rockefeller was devoutly religious, a temperance advocate and an avid golfer. His goal was to reach the age of 100; however, he died at 97 on May 23, 1937, at The Casements, his winter home in Ormond Beach, Florida.
