John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, (1839-1937). US industrialist and philanthropist. He formed the Standard Oil Company and by 1878 had gained control of almost all the oil refineries in the country. He put much of his wealth into the Rockefeller Foundation (1913), an educational and scientific charity. His grandson Nelson (1908-79) became governor of New York in 1958 and was vice president of the US (1974-76).
“I believe the power to make money is a gift of God… Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money, and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience. John D. Rockefeller in Matthew Josephson, The Robber Barons”
