John D. Rockefeller Sr. didn't just amass wealth, he helped invent modern philanthropy, using science and strategy to expand ...

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The mystery around a top-selling Amazon book attributed to John D. Rockefeller has grown to include a university publisher, which denies any involvement in the book despite being listed as its ...

John D. Rockefeller. The name itself is shorthand for wealth. When people think of the richest of the rich, they imagine Rockefeller: a man in a top hat, leaning on a cane made of solid gold, building ...

I dare say there are probably only a few of the readers of this column who have not heard the name John D. Rockefeller. Just the name Rockefeller conjures up images of wealth and power. Everything ...

Industrialist and Millionaire’s Row resident John D. Rockefeller gave nearly $1.6 million to Western Reserve University before his death in 1937, including funding the construction of the Rockefeller ...

In 1927, a $5 million donation from the richest man in America—the equivalent of $92 million today—secured the Great Smoky Mountains’ then-tenuous future for protection as a national park. But when ...

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced their decision to join the divestment movement last week, pledging to sell assets tied to fossil fuel companies from their portfolios and to continue investing ...

John D. Rockefeller, 64, of Manchester, the husband of the late Sharon Rockefeller, died on Tuesday, June 28th at Hartford Hospital. John was born in Brooklyn, NY the son of the late John and Sadie ...