Standard Oil’s End Created The Rockerfeller Fortune

How the Rockefeller fortune was created by the forced breakup of their empire

Portrait of John D. Rockefeller, Sr — Oscar White, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rockefeller is a household name Almost everyone knows that the family’s scion John D. Rockefeller was one of the richest men in history. The company that he founded, Standard Oil became one of the most important and well-known companies on the…