Standard Oil founder Rockefeller was one of the greatest Wall Street magnates Andrew Beattie was part of the original editorial team at Investopedia and has spent twenty years writing on a diverse ...

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John D. Rockefeller (July 8, 1839–May 23, 1937), the founder of Standard Oil, was once the wealthiest man in the world. He ...

In the United States, the consolidation and later monopolization of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil provided regulation and regularity to what was until then a wild and volatile industry.

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