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Standard Oil

COMPANY

Founded 1870 by John D. Rockefeller, William Rockefeller, Henry M. Flagler, (of Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler), and Stephen V. Harkness. The company was declared a monopoly on 15 May 1911 and ordered splintered into several pieces. Early history of the company is documented in the 1904 work The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida M. Tarbell, pieced together from her magazine articles.

Industry:
Energy

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Foster
Politician
12-Apr-1828 9-Jan-1904 Ohio Governor, US Treasury Secretary
Stephen V. Harkness
Business
1818 1888 Co-Founder of Standard Oil
J. Howard Marshall II
Business
24-Jan-1905 4-Aug-1995 Oilman, married Anna Nicole Smith
John D. Rockefeller
Business
8-Jul-1839 23-May-1937 Founder of Standard Oil

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Cazale
Actor
12-Aug-1935 12-Mar-1978 Fredo in The Godfather
Paul J. Flory
Chemist
19-Jun-1910 9-Sep-1985 Studied polymers
Cresson H. Kearny
Inventor
7-Jan-1914 18-Dec-2003 Patriot, inventor, survivalist idol
Robert Kiyosaki
Author
8-Apr-1947   Rich Dad, Poor Dad

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Henry Gantt
Engineer
1861 23-Nov-1919 Management as a science


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