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      • At the time of his death in May of 1909, Henry Huttleston Rogers was worth between 100 and 150 million dollars, placing him at number 22 in the list of the top 100 wealthiest people in American history. His fortune, adjusted to today’s dollars, would be worth more than $40 billion.
  1. Henry Huttleston Rogers (January 29, 1840 – May 19, 1909) was an American industrialist and financier. He made his fortune in the oil refining business, becoming a leader at Standard Oil. He also played a major role in numerous corporations and business enterprises in the gas industry, copper, and railroads.

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  3. Feb 28, 2017 · Rogers was wise enough to turn his wealth into massive wealth. He invested in United States Steel and sat on its board. He developed railroads along with Harriman and became a copper baron as well.

  4. Jul 29, 2017 · Henry Huttleston Rogers invented the machinery that separated naphtha from crude oil and came up with idea of using pipelines to transport oil.

  5. Dive into the hidden history of America's gilded age with the story of Henry Huttleston Rogers Junior, the forgotten billionaire who inherited a fortune only...

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  6. May 20, 2009 · By William S. Niederkorn. May 20, 2009 12:01 am. Thursday, May 20, 1909. The New York Times Henry Huttleston Rogers. H.H. Rogers Dead, Leaving $50,000,000; Apoplexy Carries Off the...

  7. A member of the first graduating class of Fairhaven High School, Rogers, after completing his secondary school studies, worked as a clerk in a grocery store, then as a baggage master for the Old Colony Railroad, and, at the age of 20, left to seek his fortune in the oil fields of Pennsylvania.

  8. Henry Huttleston Rogers (January 29, 1840 – May 19, 1909) was a United States capitalist, businessman, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist. During the Gilded Age, in the spirit of Horatio Alger, "Hen" Rogers, a child of working-class parents, amassed a fortune such that he was listed in a 1996 study as one of the 25 all-time most ...

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