Standard Oil founder Rockefeller was one of the greatest Wall Street magnatesFact checked by Suzanne KvilhaugReviewed by Caitlin ClarkeBillionaire John D. Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 to May 23, 1937) ...

The so-called Cleveland Massacre was the beginning of John D. Rockefeller's drive toward an oil monopoly ... years later in her The History of the Standard Oil Company. "Nobody waited to find ...

The company Rockefeller started at age 23, Standard Oil, came to hold a virtual monopoly on the American oil industry. He maintained control of Standard Oil until its eventual break-up by the U.S.