Standard Oil
From SourceWatch
The Standard Oil Company was founded in 1870 by John D. Rockefeller -- other associates, including S. V. Harkness and Henry M. Flagler -- and his brother William Rockefeller. It was organized as the Standard Oil Company of Ohio and capitalized at $1 million.[1]
In 1999, the Mobil Oil Company merged with Exxon (formerly Jersey Standard / Esso) to become Exxon Mobil. [2]
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External links
- John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937 / Standard Oil Company, The Rockefeller University.
- John D. Rockefeller.
- The Rockefeller Monopoly.
- John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company.
- Henry Huttleston Rogers, Dictionary of American Biography, 1935.
- Oil History.
- Whatever Happened to Standard Oil.
