However, in beginning his research, he found that few writers really got to know John D. The author initially did not want to write this biography because Rockefeller had been written about so much before. Rockefeller did neither of these things, he grew more open-minded the older he became, more generous, more pious, more dedicated to making a difference.' Most people get WORSE as they get successful, many more get worse as they age. I found Rockefeller to be strangely stoic, incredibly resilient and, despite his reputation as a robber baron, humble and compassionate. take away from someone like Rockefeller would not be business, but life lessons. Since reading it earlier this year, I've since found out it is the favorite book of a lot of people I respect. 'A biography has to be really good to make read you all 800 pages. He called it one of his 3 best books of 2012 (he read over 200 in 2012). Again at Ryan Holiday's suggestion, I recently finished reading Titan: The Life of John D. The bet was taken: his book reads like a novel, even if, we are forced to say, despite all his meritorious efforts, he does not manage to make his hero more sympathetic to us. Before giving his approval to the publisher, he consulted hundreds of pages of interviews with Rockefeller in the huge mass of documents in the Rockefeller Archive Center, in order to be able to judge the complexity of the character on the spot. His latest biographer, Ron Chernow, hesitated for a long time before devoting himself to yet another biography of one of the most famous Americans in the world. In his lifetime he was one of the most hated men in the United States. Too rich, too powerful, too quickly reached the heights of fortune and power. *You will also learn : that some have attributed a French origin to the Rockefeller family that Rockefeller was a determined opponent of trade unionism that marriage to women from a higher social background was a tradition in the Rockefeller family that Rockefeller was a Baptist, and a follower of strict Puritanism that he often vacationed in Florida in the evenings of his life that he was the founder of the world's largest company in terms of sales. (1839-1937) who, during his lifetime, was considered the richest man in the world. *As you read this summary, you will learn about the great moments in the life of John D. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes. * Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic.

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