Rockefeller also set a new standard for philanthropy and developed a new way of giving. Rockefeller also pioneered many things we now think of as characteristics of the modern corporation. He’s associated with developing the trust, but his impact was much larger. Allan Nevins’s biography painted Rockefeller as a secular saint.Īnother reason to read this biography is that Rockefeller was the driving force behind two modern innovations. Ida Tarbell’s biography painted him as almost the devil incarnate. Ron Chernow walks a middle path between two kinds of biographies about Rockefeller. He often fooled himself about the impact of his actions or why so many people despised him.

Rockefeller was a human like the rest of us.

That’s true.īy reputation, though, he was one of the most rapacious of the robber barons. His family and people who knew him well thought of him as kind and generous. He was giving away a large portion of his income when he didn’t have much. He was a devout Baptist who lived by his beliefs. You also will learn more about human beings and the world we live in than you might from a business book.

As Kris Kristofferson wrote about Johnny Cash: “He’s a walking contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction.” This biography is not only Rockefeller’s story. But it’s only a little different, because it’s about one of the great business leaders of all time. It’s different because it’s not a business book. They’re about how to do business and leadership better. OL2665190W Page_number_confidence 93.38 Pages 842 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211015161846 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 2402 Scandate 20211012095057 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780679438083 Tts_version 4.Most of the books I review on this blog are business books. Urn:lcp:titanlifeofjohnd0000cher:epub:5184d133-9a1e-4b4b-93b9-848f962952f2 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier titanlifeofjohnd0000cher Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t4gp0th2r Invoice 1652 Isbn 0679438084 Lccn 97033117 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-beta-20210815 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9811 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-0000180 Openlibrary_edition

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