Live within your means. One of the swiftest toboggans I know of is for a young man just starting in life to get into debt. - John D. Rockefeller

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Engraved portrait of John D. Rockefeller, facing left

Live within your means. One of the swiftest toboggans I know of is for a young man just starting in life to get into debt.

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About John D. Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller (8 July 1839 – 23 May 1937) was an American business tycoon, industrialist, and book-keeper, most famous for his role in the early petroleum-industry and the founding of Standard Oil. Measured in today's dollars, Rockefeller is the richest person in the history of mankind. He was also the first billionaire (in US dollars) in history. With his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and his advisor Frederick Taylor Gates, he established the Rockefeller Foundation, "to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world."

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, http://www.richacls.com/Home%20Page/Instructors%20Page/Scenario%20Brady-Asystole-TCP%2C%20John%20D.htm (Public domain / CC0)

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Birth Name: John Davison Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller sr.
Alternative Names: J.D. Rockefeller J. D. Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller Sr. John D. Rockefeller Sr.

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