When he started to consolidate the industry – which he succeeded in doing, since Rockefeller sat on 90% of the oil market – he simply did as instructed from God. John was convinced that God had chosen him to extract oil from the ground for the benefit of the entire world. For Rockefeller, who was extremely religious and lived a Christian life according to all Biblical guidelines, the motive came from above. Most successful individuals have had a special mission, vision or desire that drove them to achieve their goals. For example, in his younger days as an office clerk, he repeatedly opened a safe deposit box to admire a $4,000 check – a sum he would later make in the course of an afternoon strolling around the golf course. It is rumoured that in his teenage years he once exclaimed: “I am bound to be rich – bound to be rich – BOUND TO BE RICH” He denied that sort of statement had ever taken place, but indirectly admitted he had a fascination with money.

His son, John, inherited the tendency to worship money. I have never met a man with such a love for money.” (p. In addition to being a swindler, he was obsessed with money as a acquaintance stated: “The old man had a passion for money that bordered to mania. John Rockefeller’s father, William Rockefeller, was a con artist who sold bogus medicine and elixirs to gullible Americans throughout the country under his alias, Dr.

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