About
American industrialist and financier William Rockefeller was known for his role in the establishment and growth of the Standard Oil Company. He was the co-founder of Standard Oil along with his elder brother John D. Rockefeller
Before Fame
At the age of 16, he started his business career as a bookkeeper. About two years later, he joined his older brother's produce commission business, Clark and Rockefeller, which later supplied provisions to the Union Army.
Trivia
He was also a part owner of Anaconda Copper, which was the fourth-largest company in the world by the late 1920s.
Family Life
In 1964, he married Almira Geraldine Goodsell and they had six children together.
Associated With
His nephew is John D. Rockefeller Jr.
