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William Avery Rockefeller Jr. (May 31, 1841 – June 24, 1922) was an American businessman and financier. Rockefeller was a co-founder of Standard Oil along with his elder brother John Davison Rockefeller. He was also a part owner of Anaconda Copper, which was the fourth-largest company in the world by the late 1920s.
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- Co-founder of Standard Oil
- William Avery Rockefeller Jr., May 31, 1841, Richford, New York, U.S.
- See Rockefeller family
The Rockefeller family (/ ˈ r ɒ k ə f ɛ l ər / ROCK-ə-fell-ər) is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brothers John D. Rockefeller and William A. Rockefeller Jr., primarily through Standard Oil (the predecessor of ...
Jun 14, 2019 · William Avery Rockefeller’s son would go on to become one of the richest men of all time. Famously money-hungry, John D. spoke admiringly of his father’s piles of cash long after he had made a ...
Apr 4, 2024 · William Rockefeller (born May 31, 1841, Richford, N.Y., U.S.—died June 24, 1922, Tarrytown, N.Y.) was an American industrialist and financier, a member of the famed Rockefeller family, and known in conjunction with his older brother, John D. Rockefeller, for his role in the establishment and growth of the Standard Oil Company.
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William, Jr., left Cleveland in the Standard Oil exodus to New York, severing his ties with Cleveland almost entirely. So far as is known, he returned to the city only a few times after that. He attended Frank’s funeral in Cleveland in 1917, and is known to have visited John at Forest Hill at least once, but beyond those occasions, William ...
William Rockefeller Sr. William Avery " Devil Bill " Rockefeller Sr. (November 13, 1810 – May 11, 1906) was an American businessman, lumberman, herbalist, salesman, and con artist who went by the alias of Dr. William Levingston. He worked as a lumberman and then a traveling salesman who identified himself as a "botanic physician" and sold ...
Mar 28, 2024 · The wife of Rockefeller Jr., Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, was a powerhouse in the art world, and the five sons she had with her husband— John D. Rockefeller III, Nelson Rockefeller, Laurance Rockefeller, Winthrop Rockefeller, and David Rockefeller —each pursued a significant legacy of his own. John D. Rockefeller.
