Beating Rockefeller | The Devil and John D. Rockefeller | 4

With the Supreme Court and Royal Dutch/Shell waging war on Standard Oil, John watches the company he’s spent his life building fall apart. But the break-up of Standard nets John more money than he’s ever had, and he spends much of the rest of his life trying to give it away.  To listen to Business Movers ad-free, join Wondery+ in the Wondery App. Click here to download the app: https://wondery.app.link/businessmovers See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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