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John D Rockefeller is the founder of the Standard Oil Company. Rockefeller jumped into the oil business in 1863, he borrowed money to invest in a refinery in Cleveland, Ohio. He created Standard oil and ended up having a monopoly by buying all the rival oil refineries. He controlled 90% of the oil refineries in the United States. He died at the age of 97 in his home in Ormond Beach, Florida.

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