1. John D. Rockefeller
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2. Basic History
• Born in Richford, New York on July 8, 1839
• Moved to Cleveland in 1853
• Went into the oil refinery business with his
neighbor Maurice Clark in 1859
• Married Laura Spelman in 1864 and had five
children
• Involved in philanthropy

3. Prior Work Experience
• First job as an assistant bookkeeper
Rockefeller partly owned..
• Andrews, Clark, and Co.
• Rockefeller & Andrews
• Standard Oil Company
• Standard Oil Trust

4. Where do they work now?
• He’s dead

5. Standard Oil Company
• Oil refinery
• Replaced much of the competition in
Cleveland during the later 1800s
• By end of the 1870s, Standard Oil produced
about 90% of the oil in the US
• Made Rockefeller a millionaire

6. Position at Standard Oil
• Rockefeller was co-owner of Standard Oil
Company

7. After Standard Oil..
• Rockefeller continued to hold stocks in the
company, keeping a continuous flow of money
• He became a philanthropist

8. Works Cited
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefe
ller