The company Rockefeller started at age 23, Standard Oil, came to hold a virtual monopoly on the American oil industry. He maintained control of Standard Oil until its eventual break-up by the U.S.

The key protagonist of the American oil story was John D. Rockefeller, who was admired and loathed in equal measure for his ...

Rockefeller Sr. with family. Rockefeller Archives. The so-called Cleveland Massacre was the beginning of John D ... in her The History of the Standard Oil Company. "Nobody waited to find out ...

The Rockefeller ... of oil production in Pennsylvania accelerating, he opened a refinery near Pittsburgh in 1863. Within just two years, it had become the largest in the area. In 1870, John and his ...

to overthrow the Standard Oil Company, to satisfy the petty spite against it because forsooth her father and brother could not compete in the oil business. John D. Rockefeller, Sr. Rockefeller ...

John D. Rockefeller transformed the oil industry with new ideas and advanced ... felt loyal and motivated to contribute to the company’s success. He never stopped growing. By surrounding himself ...

However, Rockefeller and Standard Oil Company were also responsible for antitrust legislation and laws strengthening unions, though not of their own volition. Billionaire John D. Rockefeller was ...