COMPANY

Founded 1870 by John D. Rockefeller, William Rockefeller, Henry M. Flagler, (of Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler), and Stephen V. Harkness. The company was declared a monopoly on 15 May 1911 and ordered splintered into several pieces. Early history of the company is documented in the 1904 work The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida M. Tarbell, pieced together from her magazine articles.

Industry:
Energy

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Foster	Politician	12-Apr-1828	9-Jan-1904	Ohio Governor, US Treasury Secretary
Stephen V. Harkness	Business	1818	1888	Co-Founder of Standard Oil
J. Howard Marshall II	Business	24-Jan-1905	4-Aug-1995	Oilman, married Anna Nicole Smith
John D. Rockefeller	Business	8-Jul-1839	23-May-1937	Founder of Standard Oil

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Cazale	Actor	12-Aug-1935	12-Mar-1978	Fredo in The Godfather
Paul J. Flory	Chemist	19-Jun-1910	9-Sep-1985	Studied polymers
Cresson H. Kearny	Inventor	7-Jan-1914	18-Dec-2003	Patriot, inventor, survivalist idol
Robert Kiyosaki	Author	8-Apr-1947		Rich Dad, Poor Dad

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Henry Gantt	Engineer	1861	23-Nov-1919	Management as a science

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