Fox 2016In his book Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell estimated the value of Rockefeller's fortune at its peak, in today's dollars, at $318.3 billion. You read that right: John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil, was over three times richer than Bill Gates is today...
The sheer number of Rockefeller descendants clearly makes pegging the actual wealth of the family extremely difficult, if not impossible; with it mired in hundreds of trusts and real estate holdings (including, in the past, the World Trade Center and Rockefeller Center), we can merely guess
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- Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:26 am
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- Topic: Richest people in the world 1990-2020
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Re: Richest people in the world 1990-2020
I'm not certain that the numbers are completely accurate. Somehow Paul Allen ranks highly and then Bill Gates pops up out of nowhere? That is not logical. A lot of these people specialize in hiding assets. The Rockefellers are the classic example: