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This "Junior" oil heir who gave the U.N. the money to buy land for its HQ will always be a center of attention in New York City |
Rockefeller
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$400 |
DJ |
HISTORIC MEN |
2022-02-18 |
#8580 |
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Under the Sherman Act, his Standard Oil trust was dissolved by the Ohio Supreme Court in 1892 |
Rockefeller
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$200 |
DJ |
THE 1890s |
1992-01-01 |
#1693 |
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In 1870 he started his own monopoly with the founding of Standard Oil of Ohio |
Rockefeller
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$200 |
DJ |
THE 1870s |
1991-12-03 |
#1672 |
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He became the richest person of the era after establishing Standard Oil in 1870 |
Rockefeller
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$400 |
DJ |
THE 1870s |
1991-01-02 |
#1463 |