John d rockfeller

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Modatex – 11/07/2012

John D. Rockefeller

Background
John D. Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839, in Richford, New York. His father was a farmer and trader. His mother was from a Purtain background, and she raised her large family with very strict values. The family moved from the east coast to Cleveland, O hio, in 1853. At this time the area was beginning to grow into a large city. John graduated from high school there and began his first job at the age of 16 in a Cleveland
Mercantile firm. Although he amassed an enormous fortune, Rockefeller preferred to live simply.
His time was absorbed by business and later by organized giving. In both areas he imposed order, efficiency, and planning with extraordinary success and sweeping vision. He died on May 23, 1937, in Ormond, Florida, at the age of 97.

Studies
When he was a boy, his family moved to Moravia, New York and, in 1851, to Owego, where he attended Owego Academy. In 1853, his family moved to Strongsville, a suburb of Cleveland. Rockefeller attended Cleveland's Central High School and then took a ten week business course at Folsom's Commercial College where he studied bookkeeping, and started his career at the age 16.

Professional Achievements
In 1859, John D. Rockefeller, established his first company Clark and Rockefeller. Later in 1863, he entered his first oil refining business with a 4000 dollar’s investment. Two years later he bought out his partners and opened Standard Works.

From 1870 until 1879, he incorporated a joint stock company, Standard Oil Company of Ohio in addition 90 percent of American Oil was refined by him.
Furthermore, in the following years he built historical landmarks such as The
Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller University, and the most emblematic building, the
Rockefeller Center.

(The Rockefeller Center)

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