According to his obituary, James Rockefeller Jr. died at his Camden home on Jan. 8 one day after his 99th birthday. Rockefeller was the great-grandnephew of both John D. Rockefeller and Andrew ...

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 ...

He was the grandson of William G. Rockefeller, great-grandson of James Stillman, and great-grandnephew of both John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie. He was predeceased by his brother ...

Nelson Rockefeller believed in fate. After all, he was born on the same day as his larger-than-life grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, Sr., a coincidence he always took to be an omen of great ...

The company Rockefeller started at age 23, Standard Oil, came to hold a virtual monopoly on the American oil industry. He maintained control of Standard Oil until its eventual break-up by the U.S.