Nov. 19, 1961: Two young men drift on an overturned catamaran along the coast of southwest New Guinea. Twenty-four hours have passed since their motor died. One of the men, Michael Rockefeller, 23,… ...

Buffett's reminder that even the bottom 2% live better than John D. Rockefeller comes with a catch: inflation is quietly eating away at your money.

A new exhibit at the Medici Museum of Art captures the story of the Rockefeller family in a different way. The ...

John D. Rockefeller was the founder of Standard Oil, the company started in 1870 that fathered modern businesses like Chevron and ExxonMobil. He was also a notable philanthropist.

David Rockefeller Sr., the heir to a vast and storied family fortune who transformed a listless business into one of the world’s largest financial institutions, died Monday at 101.

John D. Rockefeller by John Singer Sargent.Image source: Wikimedia Commons . He is said to have been the richest, most famous self-made man.

One of the world's richest men, Rockefeller was worth almost a billion dollars at the beginning of the 20th century. He used some of that dough to help cure hookworm.

John D. Rockefeller. The name itself is shorthand for wealth. When people think of the richest of the rich, they imagine Rockefeller: a man in a top hat, leaning on a cane made of solid gold ...

John D. Rockefeller byJohn Singer Sargent. Image source:Wikimedia Commons. He is said to have been the richest, most famous self-made man who's ever lived. Attracting the ire of peers, politicians ...