With the adjustment of inflation, he is by far the richest person in history.
== == * John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (1839-1937), founder of the Standard Oil Company and the six-generation family dynasty, and the richest person in history
John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (1839-1937), founder of the Standard Oil Company and the six-generation family dynasty, and the richest person in history
John D. Rockefeller. He had a billion dollars, which would be 663 billion dollars in 2007.
Anyone that was against capitalism or Social Darwinism. But the most known person to have hated John D. Rockefeller was Ida Tarbell. She wrote a series attacking Rockefeller to uncover his unethical ways of creating a monopoly. (The series was known as "The History of the Standard Oil Company".) She basically hated him because Rockefeller drove out many small businesses out of the competing market, which included her father.
John Davison Rockefeller I (July 8, 1839 - May 23, 1937) was an American oil magnate, the richest man on the planet for a certain period of time and the establisher of Exon Mobil.
== == * John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (1839-1937), founder of the Standard Oil Company and the six-generation family dynasty, and the richest person in history
== == * John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (1839-1937), founder of the Standard Oil Company and the six-generation family dynasty, and the richest person in history
John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (1839-1937), founder of the Standard Oil Company and the six-generation family dynasty, and the richest person in history
John D. Rockefeller who is often considered the richest person ever.
He became the World's richest man and the first US Billionaire.
In the United States, the Rockefeller Family (including John D. Rockefeller) were the richest people in the year 1930. Given that this was around the time of the Great Depression, many folks were not wealthy in comparison.
John D. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company.was founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1863 in Ohio, United States. He was the first person who revolutionized the petroleum industry, and became one of the richest men in the world.
Accounting for inflation John D. Rockefeller was the richest man in history. In 1916 he was worth $1 billion which now would be equated to $329.9 billion.
John D. Rockefeller. 343.7 billion dollar$
The all time richest person was John D. Rockefeller. He owned an oil company, which now days would be worth about 117 billion U.S dollars. Though he died several decades ago.
In 1970, the richest man in the world was American entrepreneur and industrialist Nelson Rockefeller. He was the grandson of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller and served as the 41st Vice President of the United States.
Actually John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) was the richest man to ever live. Bill Gates had a net worth of $124,000,000,000 (billion) but Rockefeller knocked him off the map with 323,400,000,000 (billion)