Titan
The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
by Ron Chernow
Recommended by 12 notable people, including Ryan Holiday and Ray Dalio
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Recommended by 20 sources and appears in Best Business Books, Books Recommended by Ryan Holiday, and Books Recommended by Writers.
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a philanthropist who donated money lavishly to universities and medical centers. He was the terror of his competitors, the bogeyman of reformers, the delight of caricaturists—and an utter enigma. Drawing on unprecedented access to Rockefeller’s private papers, Chernow reconstructs his subjects’ troubled…
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