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3 days ago · Miranda Kaiser is a great-great-granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller Sr., whose Standard Oil gave rise to Exxon Mobil. Natalie Keyssar for The Wall Street Journal. A fifth-generation heir to the ...
20 hours ago · Join us on an extraordinary journey through the life of John D. Rockefeller, the world's first billionaire and a titan of industry. In this comprehensive doc...
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1 hour ago · Heat and drought are taking a toll on the tiny soil creatures that help to lock away planet-warming carbon, according to a new analysis. A group of health experts, economists and U.S. government ...
5 days ago · Dubbed “Clark’s Folly,” the William A. Clark mansion at 960 Fifth Avenue at the more northern end of Millionaire’s Row cost an astonishing $6 million to build at the time, or about $150 ...
John D. Rockefeller, one of the richest men in the world at the time, talking during the Great Depression, 1932.
4 days ago · Kykuit (pronounced “kai-kit”), a 40-room Classical Revival-style villa in Sleepy Hollow, New York, was the idyllic seasonal oasis of one of the world’s richest men. Built in 1913, Kykuit belonged to four generations of the Rockefeller family. Then, after his death in 1977, former New York ...
5 days ago · Titan presents a finely nuanced portrait of a fascinating, complex man, synthesizing his public and private lives and disclosing numerous family scandals, tragedies, and misfortunes that have never before come to light. John D. Rockefeller's story captures a pivotal moment in American history, documenting the dramatic post-Civil War shift from.
