William Rockefeller
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William Rockefeller was an American businessman and co-founder of Standard Oil, instrumental in building one of the largest oil monopolies of the late 19th century.
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| instanceOf |
businessman
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entrepreneur → human → industrialist → |
| associatedWith |
American monopoly debates of the late 19th century
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Gilded Age → antitrust movement in the United States → |
| basedIn |
Cleveland, Ohio
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New York, New York → |
| businessModel |
horizontal integration in the oil industry
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vertical integration in the oil industry → |
| businessPartner |
Henry Flagler
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John D. Rockefeller → |
| coFounded |
Standard Oil
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| continentOfCitizenship |
North America
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| familyName |
Rockefeller
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| fieldOfWork |
corporate management
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investment → |
| gender |
male
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| givenName |
William
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| hasBusinessRole |
organizer of corporate consolidations
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strategist in market domination → |
| hasEmployer |
Standard Oil
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| industry |
oil industry
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petroleum → |
| inferredEthnicity |
White American
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| influenced |
structure of modern multinational oil companies
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| influencedBy |
emergence of kerosene and petroleum markets
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| memberOf |
Rockefeller family
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| notableFor |
accumulation of substantial personal wealth
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building a major oil monopoly in the late 19th century → expansion of Standard Oil’s refining capacity → helping create one of the largest corporate trusts in U.S. history → participation in railroad rebate arrangements for oil transport → role in the development of the American petroleum industry → |
| notableWork |
co-founding Standard Oil
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| occupation |
businessman
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financier → industrialist → |
| positionHeld |
executive at Standard Oil
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| socialClass |
American upper class
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| strategy |
consolidation of competing oil refineries
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creation of a large-scale corporate trust → |
| timePeriod |
late 19th century
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Referenced by (7)
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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery → |
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John D. Rockefeller
("William Avery Rockefeller")
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father |
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Standard Oil
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foundedBy |
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Rockefeller family
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foundingFigure |
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Standard Oil
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keyPerson |
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John D. Rockefeller
("William Rockefeller Jr.")
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sibling |