Kykuit, a mansion built by John D. Rockefeller in 1913, features an art gallery, sprawling gardens, and a collection of ...

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Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images In 1913, John D. Rockefeller’s fortune peaked at an estimated $900 million (about $29.3 billion in today's dollars). In 2024, the Rockefeller family's estimated ...

John D. Rockefeller, the iconic American entrepreneur and co-founder of Standard Oil, bequeathed not only a fortune but also gems of wisdom in the form of letters to his son, John D. Rockefeller ...

Over my desk hangs an oil portrait ... Rockefeller had always harbored presidential ambitions, so being a heartbeat away from the White House was close to a dream come true. To celebrate the occasion, ...

Left: John D. Rockefeller sits for a portrait on Aug. 2, 1918. Right: Philip Armour poses for a portrait circa 1895. | Arnold Genthe via the Library of Congress; National Portrait Gallery Workers ...

Billionaire John D. Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 to May 23, 1937) continues to rank as one of the richest men in modern times. He rose from modest beginnings to become the founder of Standard Oil in ...

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Many persons, of envious temper, or lacking in aesthetic sense, have sneered at the face of John D. Rockefeller Sr ... greatest of U. S. portrait painters, had another opinion of that face.