JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER: INDUSTRIAL AND PHILANTHROPIC LEADER
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EARLY BUSINESS VENTURES
In 1859, young Rockefeller and Maurice B. Clark founded a commission company that bought and sold farm products in Cleveland. Four years later, they entered the fledgling oil business that promised vast possibilities.
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