{"id":19688,"date":"2019-10-01T16:16:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T13:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=19688"},"modified":"2019-10-01T02:19:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T23:19:46","slug":"john-rockefeller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/john-rockefeller\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of the Richest Businessman in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/max\/1000\/1*Nfl8ShT2dZDZxDM6el2iBQ.jpeg\" alt=\"\u0646\u062a\u064a\u062c\u0629 \u0628\u062d\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0648\u0631 \u0639\u0646 \u202aJohn Rockefeller\u202c\u200f\" width=\"646\" height=\"364\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">John Rockefeller is considered one of the most important <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/%d9%83%d9%8a%d9%81-%d8%ad%d8%b5%d9%84-%d8%b1%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b9%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%a3%d9%88%d9%84-%d9%85%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%86-%d8%af%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a7\/\">\u0631\u062c\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0644<\/a> and prominent figures of the 20th century. Had a ranking of the wealthiest businessmen existed at the time, John Davison <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Rockefeller would have topped the list. He lived for nearly a century, during which he weathered decades of competition in the oil industry that he helped <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">founding it, having amassed a fortune estimated at more than $900 million by 1913. He laid the essential foundations for America\u2019s largest philanthropic institutions, and he also <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">One of the richest Americans of all time, and the wealthiest businessman in history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">John Rockefeller was born in 1839 on a small farm in upstate New York. As a young man, he worked as a farmer, businessman, and artist, and grew up in the city <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The thriving industrial city on the shores of Lake Erie. He was deeply influenced by his mother and learned the value of thrift from her. After finishing school, he worked for four dollars a week <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">while also taking some business courses at Folsom Commercial College. His work gave him extensive experience in business ventures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">After working hard, borrowing, and saving for three years, he managed to raise $1,800\u2014enough capital to open a grocery store <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">in 1859, in partnership with Maurice Clark. His business prospered after the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. Rockefeller watched the businessmen in the Cleveland area <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">who were amassing huge fortunes from oil refining, and soon joined in the boom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Rockefeller was among the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/why-do-rich-businessmen-reject-big-ideas\/\">\u0631\u062c\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0644<\/a> who established oil refineries in Cleveland, at the end of the rail lines extending from the oil-producing regions <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">in Pennsylvania, the fledgling oil industry was chaotic and unregulated, until U.S. oil production surged from 2,000 barrels <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">in 1859 to 450,000 in 1860, then made another major leap in 1862, reaching three million barrels. With each passing year, Rockefeller\u2019s wealth <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">grew, and by the mid-1860s he had begun pursuing new ventures, recapitalizing his company and buying out competitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0648\u0628\u062d\u0644\u0648\u0644 \u0639\u0627\u0645 1870\u060c \u062a\u0645\u0643\u0646 \u0645\u0646 \u062a\u0623\u0633\u064a\u0633 \u0634\u0631\u0643\u0629 &#8220;\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646\u062f\u0631\u062f \u0623\u0648\u064a\u0644 \u0643\u0648\u0645\u0628\u0627\u0646\u064a \u0623\u0648\u0641 \u0623\u0648\u0647\u0627\u064a\u0648&#8221;\u060c \u0648\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u064a\u0645\u062a\u0644\u0643 \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u0627\u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0637\u0642\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u064a\u062a\u062e\u0630 \u0645\u0646\u0647\u0627<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> \u0642\u0627\u0639\u062f\u0629 \u0644\u0623\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0644\u0647\u060c \u0648\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0637\u0631\u064a\u0642\u0647 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u062a\u062d\u0648\u0627\u0630 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0646\u0627\u0639\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0641\u0637\u064a\u0629 \u0628\u0623\u0643\u0645\u0644\u0647\u0627 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0644\u0627\u062f.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">He realized early on that oil refining alone would not ensure his company\u2019s survival, as refining capacity exceeded demand for its products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Unable to control raw material prices, he began focusing on the costs of industrial goods he could control, then invested some of his <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">reinvested capital in building a barrel-making facility as part of his oil operations, helping to lower the cost per barrel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Rockefeller\u2019s company owed its success to his exceptional leadership and legendary attention to detail. Later, he devoted much of the rest of his life to philanthropy,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> funding the founding of the University of Chicago and establishing a private philanthropic foundation that spent millions of dollars on education and health around the world, among many other causes.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u064a\u0639\u062f\u0651 \u062c\u0648\u0646 \u0631\u0648\u0643\u0641\u0644\u0631\u060c \u0645\u0646 \u0623\u0647\u0645 \u0631\u062c\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0644 \u0648\u0623\u0628\u0631\u0632\u0647\u0645 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0631\u064a\u0646\u060c \u0648\u0644\u0648 \u0623\u0646 \u062a\u0635\u0646\u064a\u0641\u0627\u064b \u0644\u0623\u063a\u0646\u0649 \u0631\u062c\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0644 \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f\u0627\u064b \u0622\u0646\u0630\u0627\u0643\u060c \u0644\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u062c\u0648\u0646 \u062f\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0633\u0648\u0646 \u0631\u0648\u0643\u0641\u0644\u0631\u060c \u0642\u062f<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[19678,2239,19676,19680,11211,10546,2166,19679,19677],"class_list":["post-19688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-19678","tag-2239","tag-19676","tag-19680","tag-11211","tag-10546","tag-2166","tag-19679","tag-19677"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}