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William Avery Rockefeller Jr. (May 31, 1841 – June 24, 1922) was an American businessman and financier. Rockefeller was a co-founder of Standard Oil along with his elder brother John Davison Rockefeller. He was also a part owner of Anaconda Copper, which was the fourth-largest company in the world by the late 1920s.
William Rockefeller Sr. William Avery " Devil Bill " Rockefeller Sr. (November 13, 1810 – May 11, 1906) was an American businessman, lumberman, herbalist, salesman, and con artist who went by the alias of Dr. William Levingston. He worked as a lumberman and then a traveling salesman who identified himself as a "botanic physician" and sold ...
William Rockefeller was an American industrialist and financier, a member of the famed Rockefeller family, and a partner in the Standard Oil Company. He started his career as a produce commission merchant and later headed the New Jersey and New York branches of Standard Oil until 1911.
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 ...
Jun 14, 2019 · William Avery Rockefeller was a notorious fraud who posed as a doctor and a deaf-blind peddler. His son John D. tried to hide his shady past, but muckrakers exposed his crimes and scandals.
Learn about William Rockefeller, the brother of John D. Rockefeller, who helped build the Standard Oil Company. Find out his biography, career, and legacy.
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John D. Rockefeller, Sr., the patriarch, made the family fortune through the oil business and became the world’s first billionaire (1916). Although Rockefeller was born (1839) to a family of modest means, he managed to save money and embark on several enterprises as an adult. In 1863, with his business partners, Rockefeller established an oil ...
