Standard Oil

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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

Name Occupation Birth Death Known 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

Name Occupation Birth Death Known 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

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

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

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