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John D. Rockefeller was worth approximately $1.4 billion when he died in 1937. Today Rockefeller's personal fortune would be worth an astounding $190 billion, making Gate's $60 billion slightly more than pocket change for Rockefeller!" http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2007/EugeneKolomiyets.shtml Save
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£65,910.00
Using inflation, £6,000 in 1903 would be worth £480,256 in today's money.
£10 in 1972 would be worth £97.50 in today's money, allowing for inflation.
John D. Rockefeller was worth approximately $1.4 billion when he died in 1937. Today Rockefeller's personal fortune would be worth an astounding $190 billion, making Gate's $60 billion slightly more than pocket change for Rockefeller!" http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2007/EugeneKolomiyets.shtml Save
I think that it would be worth about $1100 by today's money
10000
£65,910.00
Using the rate of inflation, $1m US Dollars in 1955 would be worth $8,039,693 in today's money.
Using inflation, £6,000 in 1903 would be worth £480,256 in today's money.
£10 in 1972 would be worth £97.50 in today's money, allowing for inflation.
$10,000 US Dollars in 1966 would be worth $66,328 in today's money.
69 dollars
3,000 ducats would be worth $301,456.
Using the Consumer Price Index, $10,000 in 1977 would be worth $35,522 in 2010 money.
John D Rockefeller was a man who owned a wealthy business. He was born on 8 July 1839 in Richford, New York, and died on 23 May 1937. He was the founder of the Standard Oil company, and a philanthropist. He sold standard oil for a lot more then it was worth. In today's money he would have been worth 2.5 billion dollars. He paid his workers very little.