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Elon Musk has since surpassed John D. Rockefeller as the richest person in the history of the United States, and of modern history, according to size of wealth compared to GDP. On December 2024 his wealth reached $474 billion dollars (1.61% of USA's GDP at that year) compared to Rockefeller's 1.5% at the height of his wealth. [5]
Estimated wealth in today’s terms: $400 billion John D. Rockefeller is probably the American that most people associate with extreme wealth. His name is also joined forever with Big Oil.
A little over a century ago, in 1916, legendary robber baron John D. Rockefeller became the world's first billionaire -- probably. Before the age of computerized records and the internet, measuring...
On Sept. 29, 1916, newspapers across the country announced a wealth milestone once thought to be unreachable: the world’s first billionaire. Top 10 people most likely to reach trillionaire ...
John D. Rockefeller's painting by John Singer Sargent in 1917. Rockefeller had a long and controversial career in the oil industry followed by a long career in philanthropy. His image is an amalgam of all of these experiences and the many ways he was viewed by his contemporaries. These contemporaries include his former competitors, many of whom ...
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 ...
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Nelson Rockefeller: Republican: Governor of New York (1959–1973) Candidate for U.S. President (1960, 1964, 1968) Vice President of the United States (1974–77) $1 billion [11] Inheritance, grandson of John D. Rockefeller: Steve Forbes: Republican: Member of the Board for International Broadcasting (1985–1993) Candidate for U.S. President ...