Pave A New Path - John Rockefeller

John Rockefeller
Company: Standard Oil
Net Worth:$1.4 Billion (1937)

When John D. Rockefeller was a young boy, he said that his two greatest ambitions were to make $100,000 and to live to be 100 years old. He died on May 23, 1937, just 26 months shy of his 100th birthday and with a net worth of $1.4 billion. Over a forty-year career that was mired in controversy, Rockefeller made a name for himself in America’s budding oil industry. He built Standard Oil into the largest company in the world and eventually also became the richest man in the world. Adjusting for inflation, some experts suggest that Rockefeller was the richest human being ever to have lived.

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“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”

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