John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) was an American industrialist who founded Standard Oil and dominated the early US petroleum industry. He is widely regarded as one of the wealthiest individuals in history, with a fortune that rivaled a significant fraction of US GDP at its peak. He is equally known for his systematic philanthropy, having donated hundreds of millions of dollars to founding institutions such as the University of Chicago, Rockefeller University, and the Rockefeller Foundation. He also established explicit systems for wealth transfer and philanthropic governance, largely executed through his son, John D. Rockefeller Jr.
“It's important that we lose unlimited amounts of money before this person can profit off one more pint of oil.”
Source→“One of the great things about reading about John Rockefeller, he was this madman businessman... His son, John, also John, he was a great dad... And they loved each other very much. And they showed a lot of mutual respect.”
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