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Jump to Successor companies - [edit]. The successor companies from Standard Oil's breakup form the core of today's US oil industry. (Several of these ...

‎The History of Standard Oil - ‎Exxon - ‎Standard Oil Co. of New - ‎Standard Oil of Ohio

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Apr 3, 2015 - American company and corporate trust that from 1870 to 1911 was the industrial empire of John D. Rockefeller and associates, controlling ...

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Standard Oil Trust - United States History

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The Standard Oil Trust was formed in 1863 by John D. Rockefeller. He built up thecompany through 1868 to become the largest oil refinery firm in the world.

Standard Oil Company - Ohio History Central

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Apr 23, 2015 - In 1862, John D. Rockefeller, a resident of Cleveland Ohio, joined with two partners to establish an oil-refining company. The men purchased ...

John D. Rockefeller - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com

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John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), founder of the Standard Oil Company, became one of the world's wealthiest men and a major philanthropist. Born into modest ...

The History of the Standard Oil Company (full text) - Ida M ...

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Written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904, The History of the Standard Oil Company was an exposé of the Standard Oil Company, run at that time by oil tycoon ...