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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Young John D. Rockefeller’s family moved often due to his absent father.
Chapter 3: At the age of sixteen, Rockefeller eagerly entered business and quickly found rapid success in that world.
Chapter 4: During the late 1860s, Rockefeller unified his oil interests within the Standard Oil Company.
Chapter 5: By 1875, Rockefeller ruled American oil, yet stayed very frugal indeed in his own habits.
Chapter 6: A reorganized, New York–based Standard Oil started to encounter competition overseas.
Chapter 7: Standard Oil entered oil production, and Rockefeller boldly financed the new University of Chicago.
Chapter 8: Rockefeller retired in 1897, and his son started his tenure at Standard Oil.
Chapter 9: In retirement, Rockefeller kept up his philanthropy and confronted attacks from the public press.
Chapter 10: As the press hunted for Rockefeller’s absent father, he focused more instead on philanthropy.
Chapter 11: In 1911, Standard Oil was compelled to break up, ending the Rockefeller monopoly for good.
Chapter 12: In 1913, Rockefeller founded a global charity, but his efforts were overshadowed by miners shot while striking.
Chapter 13: The 1910s saw intensified philanthropy from both father and son.
Chapter 14: Rockefeller lived to a ripe old age, and he died on May 23, 1937, at 97.
Description
Titan (1998) is a comprehensive biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., the original oil tycoon and founder of Standard Oil, the industry’s biggest name through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book tells Rockefeller’s story from his humble childhood through to his becoming the richest man in American history and his quirky retirement. It provides an insight into Rockefeller’s personal life, business practices and philanthropic efforts.
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