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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...
“Standard (Oil) at $2,014 makes its head a billionaire,” blared The New York Times headline, adding that Standard Oil’s soaring share price “makes John D. Rockefeller, founder and largest ...
John D. Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York, then part of the Burned-over district, a New York state region that became the site of an evangelical revival known as the Second Great Awakening. It drew masses to various Protestant churches—especially Baptist ones—and urged believers to follow such ideals as hard work, prayer, and good ...
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 ...
John D. Rockefeller, generally considered the most generous industrialist in history, launched his foundation when he was 76, and only gave away around half his fortune. If he wanted to, Zuckerberg could eradicate polio, or de-neglect half a dozen tropical diseases, or fix all the water pipes in Flint, or give $9,000 to every single one of the ...
John D. Rockefeller. Net worth (if alive today): $371 billionOil magnate John D. Rockefeller is one of the most famous tycoons and richest men in American history, but the closest he ever came to ...