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John D. Rockefeller
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  • We backed up to a gray old man who bore an absurd resemblance to John D. Rockefeller.†  (source)
  • He remembered chiefly the brown stains of the recent flood, which had flowed through the town and inundated its lower floors, the broad main street, the odorous and gleaming drugstore, scented to him with all the spices of his fancy, the hills and fields of Aiken, in South Carolina, where he sought vainly for John D. Rockefeller, a legendary prince who, he heard, went there for sport, marvelling that two States could join imperceptibly, without visible markings, and the cotton gin where he saw the great press mash the huge raw bales cleanly into tight bundles half their former size.†  (source)
  • I never go to the office of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, who more than once has been generous to Tuskegee, without being reminded of this.†  (source)
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  • She is the grand-daughter—" he told a string of lies slowly and portentously, "of John D. Rockefeller Mellon.†  (source)
  • No. Name Wealth in Billions (USD) Origin C o m p a n y or Source of Wealth John D. Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie Nicholas II of Russia 318.3 United States Standard Oil 298.3 Scotland Carnegie Steel Company House of Romanov Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Monarchy 253.5 Russia William Henry 231.6 Vanderbilt United States Osman Ali 210.8 Khan, Asaf Jah VII Hyderabad 5* THE 10,000-HOUR RULE No. Name Wealth in Billions (USD) Origin C o m p a n y or Source of Wealth Andrew W. Mellon Henry Ford 188.8 United States Gulf Oil 188.1 United States Ford Motor Company Roman Senate Marcus Licinius Crassus Basil II Cornelius Vanderbilt Alanus Rufus 169.8 Roman Republic 9 10 169.4 167.4 Byzantine Empi†  (source)
  • I discovered it and John D. Rockefeller stole the formula from me.†  (source)
  • John D. Rockefeller was the first billionaire in history.†
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