Biography
John Davison Rockefeller is the richest man in the world in the history of mankind.
The future billionaire was born on July 8, 1839 in the city of Richford State of New York. Both parents, William EVERY Rockefeller and Louise Selianto, were parishioners of the Baptist Church. Six children were brought up in the family, of whom John was second to seniority. William worked as a community and raised the skill in children from childhood to trade. For this, the father paid John for home affairs. During the periods of departure, William Mother, who has not worked anywhere, and was engaged in only a household, had to save, and this ability of Louise instilled offspring.
Little John has previously shown a commercial smelter - he sold candy sisters who bought wholesale. And at the age of 7, the boy hired to the neighbors to the farm, where he earned the first money by collecting potatoes and growing turkey. From the first days of working life, Rockefeller started the accounting book, which gently fit income and expenses.
Young John made a quiet thought boy on the surrounding impression. The dried and unlimited child was conceived for a long time and did not hurry with the decision-making. But in fact, John was a very sensitive boy, and experienced the loss of his sister who died by a baby. After the death of the girl, John lay down on the grass far from the house for 12 hours.
In school, Rockefeller did not love to learn, although the teachers celebrated the chain memory and the ability to think logically. During the years of study, John began a usury business. Rockefeller realized that, leaning small amounts for small interest, could be earned without difficulty. The boy did not want to become a slave of money and work for salary day and night, John decided to make money with his own slaves and make them work on himself. After graduating from school, John became a student of a commercial college, so the young businessman settled on three-month accounting courses, where he mastered the necessary nases of monetary turnover.
Business
In 1855, John arranged for the first and only employee work at Hewitt & Tuttle to the accounting department. The young man started from the salary of $ 17, but after a few months the young man received an increase of up to $ 25. A year later, Rockefeller appoint the management company. John began to receive a salary 20 times more accounting salary. But the ambitious young man did not suit this amount, since the previous manager paid much more and, not worked out and the year, John dismissed to start her own business.
In order to become a partner of a businessman from the UK, Rockefeller had to take 1200 dollars at his own father under 10% per annum. By typing the required 2000 dollars, Rockefeller became a companion and owner of the shares of the company "Clark and Rochester". The company traded agricultural products. Rockefeller quickly won the confidence of partners by business grip, intuition and sincerity. The young man engaged in the management of the company's financial affairs.
In the second half of the 19th century in America, the development of the new market of the market - oil refining business began, as kerosene lamps began to use the popularity. John Demison Rockefeller invites you to cooperate the Practitioner of Samuel Andrews Chemist and makes the companion of the new company Andrews and Clark. The previous partner Clark did not want to participate in such a business, and John had to buy a share in the company and take the management of the work on himself.
At 31, Rockefeller creates Standard Oil, which is engaged in a complete cycle of kerosene production, ranging from oil production, ending with the sale of finished products. The peculiarity of doing business was the fact that John did not pay for employees to pay money. Businessman issued a promotion of enterprise shares. Such an approach allowed employees to work with more responsibility, since now the welfare is directly depended on the success of the company.
Rockefeller business development went large rates. Due to the enterprise and the ability to negotiate with influential people, John achieved for its own company of reduced prices for cargo transportation on the railway. Compared to competitors, Standard Oil petroleum products were transported 2-3 times cheaper. Rockefeller thus forced other oil companies to sell the production of Standard Oil. Thus, an enterprising businessman turned into a monopolist.
In 1890, the US Antimonopoly Law of Sherman Senator, which was directed against Standard Oil's activities. Rockefeller for 20 years was forced to crush production on 34 enterprises under control. In each of them, John secured the right to possession of the controlling stake. Such a division of business has a positive effect on the capital of Magnate, Rockefeller has repeatedly increased its own income.
State
Annually from the activities of Standard Oil, the income of John Rockefeller was $ 3 million. At the time of death on expert estimates, the state of the oil magnate was $ 1.4 billion. The company owned 70% of all world oil fields. In terms of the current dollar rate, this is $ 318 billion or 1.5% of the United States GDP. Rockefeller owned 16 railway companies, 6 steel-smelting plants, 6 shipping enterprises. A businessman belonged to 9 banks, 9 real estate firms.Rockefeller surrounded his luxury at the end of his life, but did not advertise it before society. The Magnate family owned orange groves, villas and mansions, a land plot of 273 hectares. The favorite game of John Rockefeller was golf, so for personal use at the disposal of the billionaire contained a playing field. Own welfare, the magnate explained to the discipline and maintaining 12 golden rules of life, which John had developed in his youth.
Charity
John Rockefeller visited the Protestant church from childhood and, as an exemplary Christian, from the very first earnings began to list the tithing for the needs of the parish, who visited. Own habit, the oilman did not change until the end of life. The magnate listed $ 100 million. In addition to the donations, the Rockefeller church was a lot of charity. John listed the cash of the University of Chicago, the New York Institute of Medical Research, the creator of which John was. At the beginning of the 20th century, Rockefeller created the "Universal Education Council" and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Oil tycoon wrote a number of biographical books, the first of which was the edition of 1909 "Memories of people and events". In 1910, the book of Rockefeller "How I gave 500,000,000 dollars" about the history of enrichment was published. In 1913, the entrepreneur wrote the book "Memoirs", which outlined all the interesting facts of his own biography.
Personal life
In 25, John Rockefeller married the teacher of Lore Selestia Spelman from a wealthy family. The girl attracted the groom with a piety. Young people joined the mutual feeling of love to each other and looks at life and family well-being. Both were up to extremes and unpretentious in desires.
The family of Rockefeller was born 4 daughters and the only heir - the son of John D. Rockefeller Jr., who became the successor of the Father's business. Even when Rockefeller acquired an oil refinery in Cleveland, the family continued to live in removable accommodation and did not hold the servant. As the oil magnate itself wrote, John's commercial success is obliged to his wife.
After the death of Spouse, John Rockefeller lived for a long time. The oilman loved the female society, gradually got used to wear expensive costumes. Rockefeller's favorite headdress was a straw hat, in which an elderly entrepreneur often posed for a photo.
John's children brought up in the original way. Each child had an accounting book in which cash remuneration and expenses were recorded. In the house of Rockefeller, there was a certain system of encouraging children for labor. John granted daughters and son for their rejection of any benefits. For example, in a day without candy, the child was relying money.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. has many times increased the state of the family corporation. And five grandchildren, the most famous of which were Nelson, Wintere and David, participated in the political and economic life of the United States until the beginning of the 21st century.
Death
John Rockefeller had two dreams in their lives that did not come true: to live up to 100 years and earn $ 100 thousand. But the death of the entrepreneur was 97 years old, and the state was $ 192 billion. John Rockefeller died on May 23, 1937 from a heart attack in Florida .Quotes
Famous quotes of petroleum tycoon:
Who works all day, there is no time to earn money; Your well-being depends on your own decisions; If your only goal is to become rich, you will never reach it.12 rules Rockefeller
- Less work on people. The more you do not work for yourself, the faster you have a lot. The word "work" has the root of "slave."
- Properly save money - take a step towards success. Buy products where cheaper or wholesale, prepare a list of necessary, purchase products according to the list, respectively.
- If you are poor - start doing business. If you have no penny, then you should open a business right now without postponing for a minute.
- The path of success, the road to enormous wealth passes through passive income.
- Dream to earn at least $ 50,000 per month, but perhaps more.
- Money comes to you through other people. Communication, goodwill makes people rich. An unavultious person is extremely rarely rich.
- Poor environment, unsuccessful people are drawn in poverty and fail. You need to surround yourself by winners and optimists.
- Do not come up with an excuse for the opportunity to postpone the first step towards achieving your goal - it is not.
- Study biographies and thoughts of the richest people of the world who have achieved success. The history of the life of a successful person will help to accomplish everyone - this is the meaning of this quotation.
- Dreams are the main thing in your life. The main thing is to dream and believe that dreams will come true. The man begins to die when stops dreaming.
- Help people are not for money, but from a pure heart. Give 10% profit for charity. That is, every person must help in need. This is evidenced by the success story of John Rockefeller.
- Create a business system and enjoy your earned money. The meaning of this quotation is that a person should work in order to live happily, and not stupidly saith wealth.