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John Davison Rockefeller
‘I have ways of making money that you know nothing of’
-Rockefeller
Biography
How He Represents The American Dream
A Robber Baron or An Honest Business Man
Biography
- From 1839 to 1937- His first job was as
a bookkeeper in 1855
- In 1859 he started a new company with M.B. Clark
- He built his first oil refinery in 1863
with Samuel Andrews.
How He Represents The American Dream
- He began his life as a poor German-American farmer’s boy
- He started making 50 cents per day- When he died his net worth was 663.4
billion dollar- He monopolized all the oil industry in the
United States.
“We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it
cheap and good"
A Robber Baron or An Honest Business Man?
‘To any businessman or banker who used
questionable business practices to become
powerful or wealthy’
‘A pejorative term used for a powerful 19th
century United States business man and
banker’
