1865 At 25, Rockefeller buys out his partners and founds Rockefeller & Andrews, Cleveland's largest refinery. Laura gives birth to the Rockefellers' first child, Elizabeth ("Bessie").

The Rockefellers, along with other wealthy donors including the philanthropy of Michael Bloomberg, have provided millions of dollars in recent years to front-line environmental groups that are ...

While John D. Rockefeller was rising to the pinnacle of American business from his original base in Cleveland, he built an ...

The Warren exhibit features personal items from John D. Rockefeller's Cleveland years and artwork collected by multiple ...

The difficult times weren’t shared by all. By the time this photo was taken, John D. Rockefeller was already retired, with a net worth between $1.5 billion and $2 billion ($34.5 to $46 billion ...

Charities controlled by members of the Rockefeller family and billionaire donors were key funders of a successful campaign to pressure President Biden to pause new approvals of liquefied natural ...