@@johnd.rockefeller3304 @Biographics I think TIFO or TopTenZNet needs to do some episodes on zombies or ghosts, because Mr. Rockefeller is responding to comments.
Fun Fact: One of the ways Rockefeller would convince competitors to sell their oil companies to him was simply inviting them over and setting down a book of his finances then leaving the room. In the book the competitor would see Rockefeller could operate at a loss longer then they could. Leaving them with either the option to go bankrupt or sell.
Actually, what the books revealed was the levels of his profits - i.e. he was so cost efficient he could sell finished product for much lower prices than his competitors and still make a profit.
Then he would give 10% of his wealth to the Mormon Church so Lordie would overlook his blackmail and to keep Lordie on his side. Rockefeller pushed one competitor too many. One gas station he drove out of business , the daughter of the ex-owner wrote a book exposing Rockefeller methods which became the best seller turning public opinion against him and the Congress passing the anti-trust bill.
I was always taught that he was tough in business and kind in life. He was a good man who put his competitors out of business then hired them. Many of the people he "ruined" were actually making the same or more when they joined his team.
@@w.s8676 we only know all this with 20/20 hindsight but at that time no one would've imagine standard oil to amass the level of success they did. so when you get approached by John D or his managers nad htey wanted to buy you out anyone would've been skeptical.
We so often hear his name as a ,metaphor for wealth, and yet we never hear anything about the man himself and his life. So, a very necessary and enlightening video.
@@LukeIamYourFather94 2 billion USD? $100,000 in 1860 in equal to slightly over $3 million in 2019. He was worth $1.4 billion at his death in 1937 (at which time the nation GDP was $92 billion) and that would convert to $245 billion in 2019. In 1917 at his peak wealth (before his monopoly was broken down) he was worth approximately $409 billion in 2019 money.
@@DoomFinger511 you the biggest nerd ive ever seen you took the time to do all these equations just to tell us he had more money then we will ever touch
1:30 - Chapter 1 - Early life & career 6:40 - Chapter 2 - Black gold 9:15 - Chapter 3 - The battle of the railroads 11:50 - Chapter 4 - Public outcry 14:30 - Chapter 5 - Personal life 16:25 - Chapter 6 - Retirement , Philanthropy & Legacy
The 300 to 400 billion dollars are adjusted to 2018 figures. His actual wealth was approximately 1.3 to 1.4 billion dollars at a time when the US GDP was 24 billion dollars.
@John Fisher i believe it is the other way around. JP Morgan bought it from Carnegie and created a trust out of it. When Carnegie owned it it wasn't a trust but JP Morgan made it one when he bought it and he made the name U.S. Steel.
He didn't do it for you. He did the video for the one armed bucktoothed ex Norwegian fisherwoman he is strangely in love with. And that woman has Rockefeller posters all over her wall. So he thought it was a good idea to capture her heart to make this video. And what a great video it is.
I remember when I first read about him when I was 15-16. He kind of showed me that truly anything was possible and that I could build for myself a good life. To make that kind of money didn't become a goal of mine, but to aim high and live well was and is. I'm 24 now, 25 in a few months and I am well on my way to living the life I always wanted. Thanks John D. Rockefeller for inspiring that young boy with nothing back in those years :)
@MegaProjectpat Morgan was a trust-fund baby that inherited his fathers millions, and then used that to catapult him into the levels of wealth of Rockefeller and Carnegie, and even then he still didn't surpass either of them. Morgan should never be counted alongside Rockefeller or Carnegie as they both started from nothing, whereas Morgan was handed the modern-day equivalent of $20 million dollars to chase his dreams once his father passed away. Like seriously, anybody with $20M of seed money can do what he did.
@@KevinJohnson-cv2no "anybody with $20M of seed money can do what he did." lol...I enjoyed hearing that, cheered me up on this Monday morning. Morgans greatest accomplishments had nothing to do with his Wealth. I do agree he Isn't the same as John D and Andrew.
"I'm scared dad" "Do you trust me son" "Yes" "Come on son" [The father steps back. His son falls off the ladder. A grunt of pain is heard.] "Rule number one, never trust anybody"
It's worthy to note that Standard Oil had a quality advantage. They had quality standards before they were in vogue, making the product significantly safer to use (making fires and explosions less likely). Not just a name; most historians tend to focus on the price competition while ignoring the quality feature.
And from what I know that’s where Rockefeller came up with the name of Standard Oil of Ohio since he wanted to set the American standard in the industry
Really happy to watch this Bio on John.D.Rockefeller, any chance of doing a Bio on Cornelius Vanderbilt, Thomas.A.Scott & Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan, Alexander.J.Cassatt ?
You could try doing a biography dedicated to Talleyrand, a great and influential french politician during the 1789 revolution, Napoleon's Empire and the Restoration !
Can i suggest Sydney Kidman. Most Americans would not know of him. But has also a great story to tell. I believe at one stage he was the biggest land owner in the world. Owning around 11 cattle stations in Australia. All of them dwarfing the largest American ranches. A big man who started out as a nickle and dime type.
I live in Freeport Illinois, and was thrilled to hear you mention that in this program. I'm now going to look through the cemeteries to fine his dad's grave. That's so exciting to learn more history in my own backyard.
rockerfeller plaza and the rockerfeller building are absolutely fascinating pieces of architecture. the quality of the finishing and fixtures makes it look like it was built recently. the design of the time, an almost post-art deco, is fascinating to observe today.
I like how the government created a law to slow down Rockafeller, he got around it and then they were just like "meh". Even to this day the exact same thing happens.
I really don't care how much you hate him, you have to admit he was a clever man. Not everyone was able to have a monopoly over a whole country _and_ find a loophole to keep this control.
Lol I'm sure the Rockefeller descendants aren't crying themselves to sleep. "A man on youtube said were nothing compared to this Cornwa-- (page for mr Rockefeller Jr. "Hello sire sorry for the interruption, your private jet is here with the new Bugatti and golden shark tank) "K thank you mary..what were we talking about?"
Also Sr. essentially bankrolled the founding of the University of Chicago, which I think is worth mentioning, and otherwise was so obsessive about the validity and necessity for inquiries to donations that he hired Frederick Gates to, on a full time basis, manage all of his philantrophy. It's likely that Sr. would have never thought to build Rockefeller Center as he was so practical-minded, and definitely would not have put his name on it. Jr. put the name on it because he felt it would help with the reputation of the name after all of the controversery.
This is a great video I really love your presentation style. As a revolver lover I would love to see you do something on Samuel Colt or Elmer Keith (who helped make the 44 magnum). Anyways keep up the good work.
Rockefeller set the "Standard". He made a lot of technological progress possible and yet the way he did it is basically indefensible. The man is the definition of "contradiction".
Please show some love for computer scientists! I would love it if you could do: Linus Torvalds, Ken Thomson, Dennis Ritchie, Richard Stallman, Alan Turing, Bjarne Stroustrup, Tim Berners-Lee, Grace Hopper, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Edsger W. Dijkstra
10:35 - I hate to sound fussy, bit the locomotive you showed at the aforementioned timestamp wasn't built in 1877. That's the one-off Pennsylvania Railroad S2. This experimental gas turbine engine was built in 1944 and scrapped only 8 years later in 1952. As I say, I apologise for being a fussy purist.
He was a devout Baptist and chose to never drink alcohol in his life. He is a cousin of mine. All I got was his work ethic and drive to succeed in his own path.
LizzyMarieTina wow! On which side? Rockefeller or Davison, Or other? LoveJDR. Love his self discipline. The world should be eternally grateful, had he been an evil man, with such great wealth, he could have caused absolute destruction. I went to see his home “Kycuit” so modest for a man of his wealth.
Please do Lauri Törni (Larry Thorne) He was a career soldier and rose to the rank of captain and fought against the communists in three different country armies (Finnish, German waffen SS and USA) He's a legend and lived a very interesting life and would make a good biographic video. Thanks. Keep up the good work! :)
I wonder if it would help you get a high end business job faster, all else being equal between you and another guys resume? I would say yes as a hiring manager. That on a business card alone, would make potential investors interested.
The man was a good to his wife and children despite the Father he had. He gave large sums of money to charitable causes including building an all black female school (when black/female causes were not fashionable). However ruthless he was in business he was clearly a Great Man. I did see on another video he wouldn't have electricity in his home as it was in direct competition with Kerosene (oil) lamps.
I've just seen a university lecture that said he financed Eugenics in USA and they believed blacks ,Italians and Mexicans were inferior and to be iradicated.
Hey Simon, this was pretty interesting. Hadn't expected to be taken with John D. Rockefeller's bio, but you've done it again. Here's a list of suggestions of my own. William Blake Wat Tyler John Ball Tony Benn George Galloway Harry Leslie Smith Martin McGuinness The Rev Ian Paisley & Gerrard Winstanley
6:39 BS, the US is one of the largest oil producers in the world. UK, Norway, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela are all oil rich nations. The middle east is oil rich as well, but it's by far not the only game in town.
Dude. He's a presenter. He has like 5 channels with a few million subscribers each. He has a massive team to get him these facts, and a teleprompter behind the camera. A good public speaker does not a history professor make.
@@secretbaguette Ngl, Im doing a project on Rockefeller and I'm not a historian, but I feel like there are facts wrong in this video. Examples includethe dates of Rockefeller death and when the Rockefeller Center was complete.
Rockefeller and his descendants were nice people. One of his grandsons- former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller- died the year I was born (1979). He was a progressive Republican which I can relate to vs a conservative Republican.
Please do one on Rowland Hussey Macy- the founder of Macy's/Federated Department Stores. I'm interested in Macy's origin since its one of my favorite stores...
Rockefeller was quoted as saying that "a man should spend half his life making money and the other half giving it away". He by no means died a pauper but it's a good quote.
John D. Jr built Rockefeller Center, according to Chernow. Ironically, Senior made little mention of it, and gave no noticeable hint of caring about the project. “He wasn’t interested in things of that sort, and I don’t think we ever discussed Williamsburg and seldom Rockefeller Center.” - John D. Jr
I still love to put on a playlist and go to sleep to your voice, but I would appreciate more Biographics about women. You've done only a few and there are so many notable women. I'm looking down the side for autoplay looking to add and there are zero women and that's how it's been for many screens. More women please!
Could you do the Prime Minister of the former state of Rhodesia Ian Smith. Also Seretse Khama the First President of Botswana would be interesting as well.
Please do Shaka Zulu or some interesting figures from South Africa. Like Paul Krüger or Jan van Reibeeck who was the first European who founded South Africa. That would be great. Thanx 💕 Absolutely love you shows.
Why was his involvement in education overlooked? CorbettReport did a much better job on this topic IMO. Rockefeller changed the course of modern education, and not in a good way.
Biographics just lost alot of credibility in my opinion. Rockefellers didn't do anything unless it profited them. They've changed the course of history and dumbed down an entire nation.
Dave M Where do you live that people go around doing things that don’t profit them? I thought all those places collapsed into third world petrostates with Russia in the 1990s.
@@tooeasybrah If you dont know of him, look at the ewe tube channel called CorbettReport. He done so many honest reports on some very key people in history. And its not this watered down BS on this channel. Glsd to see other people are looking into these types of things.
Elon musk : *i am the richest* (178 billion net worth) Jeff Bezos *no i am the richest !* (185 billion net worth) Rockefeller : *amateurs* Jeff and Elon : what is that ? Rockefeller : *Amateurs!!* 400 billion
Your question intrigued me, so I looked it up. Apparently, life expectancy AT BIRTH during that time was 40 years, if one made it to 40 years old, life expectancy was increased to 70 years. It was low at birth because people had SO MANY children back then AND infant mortality was high. I learned all that because of you! 😉
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Good to see Rockefeller here. I worked at Colonial Williamsburg and really got to learn how he loved his history
That was John D Jr. John D Jr also gave to the US, that slice of land between Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks so it wouldn't be developed.
@@rollinwithunclepete824 Jr. did a great job with the wealth he was left.
I am quite proud of my son!
@@johnd.rockefeller3304 @Biographics I think TIFO or TopTenZNet needs to do some episodes on zombies or ghosts, because Mr. Rockefeller is responding to comments.
You poor , poor sheep.
Fun Fact: One of the ways Rockefeller would convince competitors to sell their oil companies to him was simply inviting them over and setting down a book of his finances then leaving the room. In the book the competitor would see Rockefeller could operate at a loss longer then they could. Leaving them with either the option to go bankrupt or sell.
This same fact was mentioned on business casual channel
Actually, what the books revealed was the levels of his profits - i.e. he was so cost efficient he could sell finished product for much lower prices than his competitors and still make a profit.
What a bastard.
Then he would give 10% of his wealth to the Mormon Church so Lordie would overlook his blackmail and to keep Lordie on his side. Rockefeller pushed one competitor too many. One gas station he drove out of business , the daughter of the ex-owner wrote a book exposing Rockefeller methods which became the best seller turning public opinion against him and the Congress passing the anti-trust bill.
@@blasterelforg7276 you mean Ida tarbell?
I was always taught that he was tough in business and kind in life. He was a good man who put his competitors out of business then hired them. Many of the people he "ruined" were actually making the same or more when they joined his team.
I wish people could see that being a ruthless businessman doesn’t necessarily mean ur a bad person
@@salutic.7544 Very good point thank you!
Rockefeller j p Morton parasites their only product is money also their God
The same or more? Try they got filthy rich too if they sold out to Standard oil because J.D Rockefeller mostly paid in shares in Standard oil
@@w.s8676 we only know all this with 20/20 hindsight but at that time no one would've imagine standard oil to amass the level of success they did. so when you get approached by John D or his managers nad htey wanted to buy you out anyone would've been skeptical.
We so often hear his name as a ,metaphor for wealth, and yet we never hear anything about the man himself and his life. So, a very necessary and enlightening video.
“I want to make $100,000”
*makes $400,000,000,000*
Mission failed, we’ll get em next time
100k then is 3 million in today's money.
(the 400 billion is using the value of the dollar today)
Well $100,0000 was a HUGE sum of money at that time equivalent to almost 2 billion USD
@@LukeIamYourFather94 2 billion USD? $100,000 in 1860 in equal to slightly over $3 million in 2019. He was worth $1.4 billion at his death in 1937 (at which time the nation GDP was $92 billion) and that would convert to $245 billion in 2019. In 1917 at his peak wealth (before his monopoly was broken down) he was worth approximately $409 billion in 2019 money.
You are wrong, Rockerfeller maxed prestiged and gained all the golden skins.
@@DoomFinger511 you the biggest nerd ive ever seen you took the time to do all these equations just to tell us he had more money then we will ever touch
1:30 - Chapter 1 - Early life & career
6:40 - Chapter 2 - Black gold
9:15 - Chapter 3 - The battle of the railroads
11:50 - Chapter 4 - Public outcry
14:30 - Chapter 5 - Personal life
16:25 - Chapter 6 - Retirement , Philanthropy & Legacy
The 300 to 400 billion dollars are adjusted to 2018 figures. His actual wealth was approximately 1.3 to 1.4 billion dollars at a time when the US GDP was 24 billion dollars.
OH oh oh okay then thats alot of money
I assumed they meant 2018 money. They should have mentioned that a few times, just to avoid ambiguity. :)
@John Fisher i believe it is the other way around. JP Morgan bought it from Carnegie and created a trust out of it. When Carnegie owned it it wasn't a trust but JP Morgan made it one when he bought it and he made the name U.S. Steel.
He never had billions he had 1.3 thousand million.
John Fisher do you mean that not counting inflation?
Rockefeller needs his own series.
I can't believe you didn't put his greatest quote ever....
"Competition is sin"
I asked, you delivered. Great video, as they always are. Keep up the good work.
He didn't do it for you.
He did the video for the one armed bucktoothed ex Norwegian fisherwoman he is strangely in love with.
And that woman has Rockefeller posters all over her wall.
So he thought it was a good idea to capture her heart to make this video.
And what a great video it is.
1joshjosh1 wat
@@1joshjosh1 okay but what did she think about it???
@@soffren
Loved it!
🥰🥰🥰
I remember when I first read about him when I was 15-16. He kind of showed me that truly anything was possible and that I could build for myself a good life. To make that kind of money didn't become a goal of mine, but to aim high and live well was and is. I'm 24 now, 25 in a few months and I am well on my way to living the life I always wanted. Thanks John D. Rockefeller for inspiring that young boy with nothing back in those years :)
What book did you read
Fairest treatment of Rockefeller I have seen. Good job.
Oh, Mr. Rockefeller, who changed business forever. :-0
Morgan was a big daddy of business , he established Wall Street
@MegaProjectpat Morgan was a trust-fund baby that inherited his fathers millions, and then used that to catapult him into the levels of wealth of Rockefeller and Carnegie, and even then he still didn't surpass either of them. Morgan should never be counted alongside Rockefeller or Carnegie as they both started from nothing, whereas Morgan was handed the modern-day equivalent of $20 million dollars to chase his dreams once his father passed away. Like seriously, anybody with $20M of seed money can do what he did.
@@KevinJohnson-cv2no "anybody with $20M of seed money can do what he did." lol...I enjoyed hearing that, cheered me up on this Monday morning.
Morgans greatest accomplishments had nothing to do with his Wealth. I do agree he Isn't the same as John D and Andrew.
LOL 15:05 "all of this romance led to the creation of their children..."
Love the work you guys make on this channel!!!! Keep it up!!!
"I'm scared dad"
"Do you trust me son"
"Yes"
"Come on son"
[The father steps back. His son falls off the ladder. A grunt of pain is heard.]
"Rule number one, never trust anybody"
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@@luismolina4472 are you alright?
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*ends up trusting Vanderbilt.*
Father of the year awardee
It's worthy to note that Standard Oil had a quality advantage. They had quality standards before they were in vogue, making the product significantly safer to use (making fires and explosions less likely). Not just a name; most historians tend to focus on the price competition while ignoring the quality feature.
And from what I know that’s where Rockefeller came up with the name of Standard Oil of Ohio since he wanted to set the American standard in the industry
Really happy to watch this Bio on John.D.Rockefeller, any chance of doing a Bio on Cornelius Vanderbilt, Thomas.A.Scott & Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan, Alexander.J.Cassatt ?
Check out The Men Who Built America..
Or just all of the Gilded age millionaires 😂
I was fascinated by him since I was a teen. I have his portrait in my office, since I consider him to be the greatest businessman who ever lived!
You sound like a very sad person
@@dave8323 everyone has an idol and no one else has to get it, don't be rude.
@@PSYCHOSAXE everyone has a idol? ROFL
@@Steven19886 That's a sad thought. If you don't have an idol then I guess you're doing really well in life without admiring anyone.
gross. Idolizing the robber baron.
You could try doing a biography dedicated to Talleyrand, a great and influential french politician during the 1789 revolution, Napoleon's Empire and the Restoration !
Also like mattenich, great failure. Nothing wrong his highs were high and his lows were low.
Great chapter about him in 48 Laws of Power.
Can i suggest Sydney Kidman. Most Americans would not know of him. But has also a great story to tell. I believe at one stage he was the biggest land owner in the world. Owning around 11 cattle stations in Australia. All of them dwarfing the largest American ranches. A big man who started out as a nickle and dime type.
Oil today is referred to in bbs or “blue barrels”. This is from Rockefeller’s oil being transferred on the railroad in, you guessed it, blue barrels.
I live in Freeport Illinois, and was thrilled to hear you mention that in this program. I'm now going to look through the cemeteries to fine his dad's grave. That's so exciting to learn more history in my own backyard.
Did you find it
rockerfeller plaza and the rockerfeller building are absolutely fascinating pieces of architecture. the quality of the finishing and fixtures makes it look like it was built recently. the design of the time, an almost post-art deco, is fascinating to observe today.
great video
Loot from 30 hours of selling oil?
I like how the government created a law to slow down Rockafeller, he got around it and then they were just like "meh". Even to this day the exact same thing happens.
Please do Otto Von Bismarck!
He is in the pipeline.
Biographics does he have a plan to get out of the pipeline.
@@joryjones6808 I hope so.
Extra Credits has a multipart series on him already that’s very well done.
Well if he doesn’t I’m sure it’ll be included in the video
I really don't care how much you hate him, you have to admit he was a clever man. Not everyone was able to have a monopoly over a whole country _and_ find a loophole to keep this control.
He was nothing compared to Leviticus Cornwall.
Akron162 Nigel West Dickens would like a word.
A fellow red dead intellectual.
MY NAME IS LEVITICUS CORNWALL! AND IM SICK OF YOU ROBBING ME
Doesn't matter wealth is wealth he was nothing compared to 1 guy ? But he was more then the other 99.99999999999%
Lol I'm sure the Rockefeller descendants aren't crying themselves to sleep. "A man on youtube said were nothing compared to this Cornwa-- (page for mr Rockefeller Jr. "Hello sire sorry for the interruption, your private jet is here with the new Bugatti and golden shark tank)
"K thank you mary..what were we talking about?"
Credit for Rockefeller Center (as well as Colonial Williamsburg) is due John D. Rockefeller, Jr., not his father.
Also Sr. essentially bankrolled the founding of the University of Chicago, which I think is worth mentioning, and otherwise was so obsessive about the validity and necessity for inquiries to donations that he hired Frederick Gates to, on a full time basis, manage all of his philantrophy. It's likely that Sr. would have never thought to build Rockefeller Center as he was so practical-minded, and definitely would not have put his name on it. Jr. put the name on it because he felt it would help with the reputation of the name after all of the controversery.
He is like the Amazon of the 1870s-1900s
Except not evil
@@marciaosullivan3200 yeah evil, didn't you watch the video?
M K less evil then?
Oliran oil is Black Gold for Rockefeller family
@@MK-hh1vo not that evil as he gave away so much money
This is a great video I really love your presentation style. As a revolver lover I would love to see you do something on Samuel Colt or Elmer Keith (who helped make the 44 magnum). Anyways keep up the good work.
I love history, especially biographies. You do an excellent job with your videos!
A video on Josip Broz Tito?
There it is...
I met his great grandson back in the 1980s. His name is Jay Rockefeller. He was governor and later U.S. Senator from West Virginia.
Great video, as always. For more information on Rockefeller, I would recommend watching The Men Who Build America.
That series was incredible.
I would love to see one on JP Morgan! The man revolutionized the banking industry
Morgan really kept the United States afloat during rough times.
Rockefeller set the "Standard". He made a lot of technological progress possible and yet the way he did it is basically indefensible. The man is the definition of "contradiction".
Please show some love for computer scientists! I would love it if you could do:
Linus Torvalds,
Ken Thomson,
Dennis Ritchie,
Richard Stallman,
Alan Turing,
Bjarne Stroustrup,
Tim Berners-Lee,
Grace Hopper,
Larry Page,
Sergey Brin,
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Could you do Cornelius Vanderbilt? There are so many things named after him around where I live and I barely know anything about him.
Why not learn through library’s and museums
Rather than resting on one mans findings
Henry Flagler is an underrated "character."
The Titan of The Gilded Age. The best Rockefeller of the family line. A man of true innovation, perseverance and American exceptionalism.
It is interesting to see how Americans perceive people like him as heroes.
@@bencebalint1956 Not all Americans see it that way. Many at the time viewed him as a villain.
It’s incredible to see how John D. Rockefeller's early experiences shaped his approach to business and life. Thanks for share!!
The man chose to be effective rather than right.
That alone, earns him my respect.
Well said
10:35 - I hate to sound fussy, bit the locomotive you showed at the aforementioned timestamp wasn't built in 1877. That's the one-off Pennsylvania Railroad S2. This experimental gas turbine engine was built in 1944 and scrapped only 8 years later in 1952. As I say, I apologise for being a fussy purist.
This is great! Your username even fits so well with your statement!
The Trainspotter From Tauranga Well (train)spotted! 😏
Do you know german Dampflokomotive
Can you do Henry Anslinger? People should know the clown responsible for the ridiculous US war on drugs
William Randolph Hearst put Anslinger up to it
War on drugs is WASP blessing and part of the Lord's war on evil.
Just say no to drugs.
Those with the gold are in control those with no gold do as they’re told
He was a devout Baptist and chose to never drink alcohol in his life. He is a cousin of mine. All I got was his work ethic and drive to succeed in his own path.
Are you really a Relation? How far out?
@@garyodriscoll7988 About 8 generations. I think JDR's great grandfather is the common ancestor. All men till me.
LizzyMarieTina wow! On which side? Rockefeller or Davison, Or other?
LoveJDR. Love his self discipline.
The world should be eternally grateful, had he been an evil man, with such great wealth, he could have caused absolute destruction.
I went to see his home “Kycuit” so modest for a man of his wealth.
@@garyodriscoll7988 Rockefeller. I believe Davison was his mom's side, meaning no relation to me.
@@LizzyMarieTina Very Cool. I think he was more Davison than Rockefeller. In my humble opinion.
I love that at the end.
Please do Lauri Törni (Larry Thorne) He was a career soldier and rose to the rank of captain and fought against the communists in three different country armies (Finnish, German waffen SS and USA) He's a legend and lived a very interesting life and would make a good biographic video. Thanks. Keep up the good work! :)
My last name is Rockefeller and I'm not related to him. However everywhere my last name comes up it sparkles mention of him
I wonder if it would help you get a high end business job faster, all else being equal between you and another guys resume? I would say yes as a hiring manager. That on a business card alone, would make potential investors interested.
The man was a good to his wife and children despite the Father he had.
He gave large sums of money to charitable causes including building an all black female school (when black/female causes were not fashionable).
However ruthless he was in business he was clearly a Great Man.
I did see on another video he wouldn't have electricity in his home as it was in direct competition with Kerosene (oil) lamps.
I've just seen a university lecture that said he financed Eugenics in USA and they believed blacks ,Italians and Mexicans were inferior and to be iradicated.
Hey Simon, this was pretty interesting. Hadn't expected to be taken with John D. Rockefeller's bio, but you've done it again.
Here's a list of suggestions of my own.
William Blake
Wat Tyler
John Ball
Tony Benn
George Galloway
Harry Leslie Smith
Martin McGuinness
The Rev Ian Paisley
&
Gerrard Winstanley
...Who???
6:39 BS, the US is one of the largest oil producers in the world. UK, Norway, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela are all oil rich nations. The middle east is oil rich as well, but it's by far not the only game in town.
Seems his competition tactics are alive in the 21st century
Once again, Simon should be a college history professor.
Why?
Dude. He's a presenter. He has like 5 channels with a few million subscribers each. He has a massive team to get him these facts, and a teleprompter behind the camera. A good public speaker does not a history professor make.
@@secretbaguette Ngl, Im doing a project on Rockefeller and I'm not a historian, but I feel like there are facts wrong in this video. Examples includethe dates of Rockefeller death and when the Rockefeller Center was complete.
Please do a video on either Orson Welles, Charlie Chaplin or Harold Lloyd?
Simón, Well done, keep these amazing videos coming.
Rockefeller and his descendants were nice people. One of his grandsons- former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller- died the year I was born (1979). He was a progressive Republican which I can relate to vs a conservative Republican.
Please do one on Rowland Hussey Macy- the founder of Macy's/Federated Department Stores. I'm interested in Macy's origin since its one of my favorite stores...
This was a good one!
Definitely one of your best biographies
i think simon is fixing to be the rockefeller of youtube
"A shark gobbling up smaller businesses".... wait Microsoft is that you?
Ooh Do Henry Ford
Sado Music Except for all the money he gave the Nazi's. That kind of sucked
Matias Gazzarri makes sense too that he did because Ford really hated Jews for some reason
He will be up soon.
Another POS
A great man who bought motoring to the masses and disliked the banking class .
Do Nathaniel Greene, one of the many heroes of the American Revolution!
Chernow's book on JDR is really good. Very insightful and interesting. Actually all Chernow's books are very good.
Rockefeller was quoted as saying that "a man should spend half his life making money and the other half giving it away". He by no means died a pauper but it's a good quote.
Can't wait for a video about William of Orange
VADER DES VADERLANDS!
Do Douglas MacArthur next.
Soon...
@@Biographics after that what about Eisenhower?
There is not any comparison between MacArthur and Rockefeller.
@@72Yonatan nobody made any comparison between Eisenhower and Rockefeller.
Douglas MacArthurs bio in one sentence: A mediocre general with an outstanding PR department.
John D. Jr built Rockefeller Center, according to Chernow. Ironically, Senior made little mention of it, and gave no noticeable hint of caring about the project.
“He wasn’t interested in things of that sort, and I don’t think we ever discussed Williamsburg and seldom Rockefeller Center.”
- John D. Jr
Man sure new how to make money, but also understood that it was not all that matters. He was not a villain.
Great content as usual. My favourite tv of any kind!
I still love to put on a playlist and go to sleep to your voice, but I would appreciate more Biographics about women. You've done only a few and there are so many notable women. I'm looking down the side for autoplay looking to add and there are zero women and that's how it's been for many screens. More women please!
Man was playing real life monopoly
his poem is oddly very inspiring.
Just goes to show that it is possible to be both materially and spiritually rich.
Love your channel!
Could you do one on the Rothschilds? Thanks so much!
I just found this channel and this was soooo detailed. Thank you!
I don’t think William Rockefeller’s wife’s ever knew about each other...
Could you do the Prime Minister of the former state of Rhodesia Ian Smith.
Also Seretse Khama the First President of Botswana would be interesting as well.
Thank you for another spectacular video. I do enjoy your narration, you are truly a Wordsmith.
“Trust no one”
The Rockefellers really gave meaning to those words
I know where the old Rockefeller residence was, pretty sure it's not there anymore, but still pretty cool ig
Had to watch it twice 💕
Please do Shaka Zulu or some interesting figures from South Africa. Like Paul Krüger or Jan van Reibeeck who was the first European who founded South Africa. That would be great. Thanx 💕 Absolutely love you shows.
Lotus check extra credit history. They have a great series on Shaka Zulu.
You showed the wrong building, that’s the Cleveland headquarters not 26 Broadway
Never seen someone shill an ad for the first 60 seconds of a vid
If you're talking requests I would like to see a video about Miguel Felix Gillardo
Why was his involvement in education overlooked? CorbettReport did a much better job on this topic IMO. Rockefeller changed the course of modern education, and not in a good way.
one of those guys Not to mention the Rockefeller Medical Institute invented virology as a field of research and developed the AIDS Drug Cocktail.
Biographics just lost alot of credibility in my opinion. Rockefellers didn't do anything unless it profited them. They've changed the course of history and dumbed down an entire nation.
Dave M Where do you live that people go around doing things that don’t profit them? I thought all those places collapsed into third world petrostates with Russia in the 1990s.
@@tooeasybrah If you dont know of him, look at the ewe tube channel called CorbettReport. He done so many honest reports on some very key people in history. And its not this watered down BS on this channel. Glsd to see other people are looking into these types of things.
Elon musk : *i am the richest* (178 billion net worth)
Jeff Bezos *no i am the richest !* (185 billion net worth)
Rockefeller : *amateurs*
Jeff and Elon : what is that ?
Rockefeller : *Amateurs!!* 400 billion
I find it incredible that the richest man in modern history volunteered as a janitor for a Sunday school.
How did this guy live to 97 years old in time periods like this?
Your question intrigued me, so I looked it up. Apparently, life expectancy AT BIRTH during that time was 40 years, if one made it to 40 years old, life expectancy was increased to 70 years. It was low at birth because people had SO MANY children back then AND infant mortality was high.
I learned all that because of you! 😉
Laura Beebe Glad to help :)
www.cnbc.com/2019/02/19/fda-advises-against-young-blood-infusions--no-fountain-of-youth.html@@TheVideomaker2341
@@raymondwalters3417 what that superposed to represent its a meaningless link?
One thing an one thing only 💴
I really enjoyed this one. Thanks! :-)
Andrew Carnegie and the Vanderbilts would be great follow-up pieces to this.
His dads nickname was actually Devil Bill. There’s a few places here in Ohio where you can see where he set up
he could have used any amount of those billions of dollars to end the starvation happening in the midwest during the great depression.
Simon, please make a biography episode about karl steffanson
Attempt #11
400 Billion Dollars in 1900 is worth the same as 14 TRILLION now
Top notch as always. Wish you do one with Henry Flagler.