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> It’s as if the Rothschilds or Rockefellers went begging on the street. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. A good thing to point out is that while I have a vague
by Iv 7y ago
> It’s as if the Rothschilds or Rockefellers went begging on the street. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
A good thing to point out is that while I have a vague notion that Rotschilds are bankers, I have strictly no idea what business the Rockfellers were in. I only know them because of their charity efforts.
Giving back is not a defeat, it is the culmination of success.
- avar 7y agoStandard Oil. It's a bit long-winded, but I recently read and would recommend "Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.". That you don't know what business Rockefeller was in would please him greatly beyond the grave. The man went to great lengths to obscure his business activities, and there was a concerted effort late in his life and by his descendants to ensure that people remembered the family for their charitable activities, and not the business activities that precipitated the largest anti-trust action in history.
- coldtea 7y ago>I have strictly no idea what business the Rockfellers were in Standard Oil - ExxonMobil, Chevron Corp., and BP own big parts of that business now. And lots of other ventures, mines, real estate (remember this Rockefeller Center thing, plus half of NY), etc.