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John Davison Rockefeller (ur. 8 lipca 1839 w Richford w stanie Nowy Jork, zm. 23 maja 1937 w Ormond Beach w stanie Floryda) – amerykański przedsiębiorca, filantrop i fundator Uniwersytetu Chicagowskiego. Obecnie uważany za najbogatszego człowieka w historii, który w ciągu całego swojego życia zgromadził majątek o wartości 660 mld ...
10. Juli 2019 · John D. Rockefeller (July 8, 1839–May 23, 1937) was an astute businessman who became America’s first billionaire in 1916. In 1870, Rockefeller founded Standard Oil Company, which eventually became a domineering monopoly in the oil industry. Rockefeller’s leadership in Standard Oil brought him great wealth as well as controversy, as many ...
When testifying on the Ludlow Massacre, and asked what action he would have taken as Director, John D. Rockefeller Jr. stated, "I would have taken no action. I would have deplored the necessity which compelled the officers of the company to resort to such measures to supplement the State forces to maintain law and order." He admitted that he had made no attempt to bring the militiamen to justice.
Historians estimate that John Rockefeller Jr. gave away $537 million during his lifetime, slightly less than his father’s total lifetime giving of $540 million. Although one of the nation’s most accomplished philanthropists, Junior always subordinated himself to his father. When the Virginia legislature formally honored him for the creation of historic Williamsburg, John D. Rockefeller Jr ...
John Davison Rockefeller, Jr., född 29 januari 1874 i Cleveland i Ohio, död 11 maj 1960 i Tucson i Arizona, var en amerikansk filantrop och medlem av familjen Rockefeller. Biografi. Han var det femte barnet och den ende sonen till Stan ...
August 1972. Der John D Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway ist ein Schutzgebiet des National Park Service im US -Bundesstaat Wyoming. Er besteht aus einem Streifen Land, das den Grand-Teton-Nationalpark mit dem Yellowstone-Nationalpark verbindet. Im Parkway verlaufen der Snake River bis zur Mündung in den Jackson Lake sowie die hier ...
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and his family left a lasting philanthropic legacy in two important ways. First, the Rockefellers’ wealth significantly impacted a variety of service areas. The first two Rockefeller generations alone gave an estimated $1 billion in charitable contributions between 1860 and 1960. JDR Jr.’s sons established a foundation in 1940 to which Junior gave nearly $58 ...
