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John D Rockefeller The Great Gatsby

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John D Rockefeller In “The Great Gatsby” by F Scott Fitzgerald, John D Rockefeller is mentioned subtly. Nick said “ We backed up to a grey old man who wore an absurd resemblance to John D Rockefeller”. Rockefeller was an industrialist and co-founder of The Standard Oil Company. Rockefeller was dubbed The first billionaire in American history. His company dominated all other oil companies. Rockefeller came from a family of modest income and became one of the wealthiest men in the world. Rockefeller and left high school early in order to take a business course that would take six months but finished it in three. By 1880s he controlled almost 90% of the United States Oil productions. His interest didn't stop at just oil production
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