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dec 14, 1893 - John D. Rockefeller

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John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), founder of the Standard Oil Company, became one of the world's wealthiest men and a major philanthropist. Born into modest circumstances in upstate New York, he entered the then-fledgling oil business in 1863 by investing in a Cleveland, Ohio, refinery.

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dec 14, 1893
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~ 132 years ago

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