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John D. Rockefeller Facts

John Davison Rockefeller was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy. In 1870, he founded the Standard Oil Company and aggressively ran it until he officially retired in 1897. (1839 – 1937)

Quotes by John D. Rockefeller

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.
John D. Rockefeller

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
John D. Rockefeller

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
John D. Rockefeller

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
John D. Rockefeller

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
John D Rockefeller

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
John D. Rockefeller

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
John D. Rockefeller

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