Rockefeller (Essay Sample)

Hist 202
Kevin Blackwel
Why Always Him
In America history, there is a man who got everything he want and everything he need. He is the envy of everyone. But his wealth did not come out of air, it is from his hard work and his distinctive thinking mode. He is the most controversial person in the history, he is John Davison Rockefeller.
If you want to know someone, you have to study his childhood. When he was young, his family was poor. His father always sold fake drugs and always lied to others. So Rockefeller maintained a distance with his father in his whole life. God is always fair to us, he didn’t have a good father, but he had a wonderful mom. His mom taught him thrift, diligence and other concepts since he was a boy. People described young Rockefeller as an articulate, methodical and careful child. These characters maybe become the reason why did him get everything.
Each time when you talked about a successful person, you have to talk about how he got his first pot of gold. In 1858, Rockefeller borrowing 1000 dollars from his father, he used this money and his 800 saving went into the produce commission business with a partner. Maurice B. Clark and they raised 4000 dollars in capital. Rockefeller gave up his high school, and he decided to make a living in business way. His first year with Clark did business which valued 45,000 dollars. In second year, they had net income 12,000 dollars. Clark envied Rockefeller very much, he described him as: "He is a methodical guy, he pays attention on every detail. If there is a penny to us, he will take it. If there less a penny to customer, he will give it to them." As Clark said, maybe it is the reason why always him get everything.
How did he start his oil empire? Since Pennsylvania has been discovery oil, thousands of people flock to the producing zone. Everyone wants to be a wealth man, they all want earn money from oil. After Rockefeller had a tour to Pennsylvania, he decided not to invest in production in this time. Because they already had 72 oil wells and they produced 1165 barrels each day, but the demand of oil was limited, so he thought it was wrong timing. 3 years later, Rockefeller thought it was the time to own the oil market. First of all, he bought a company who had high technology of oil production. After that, he let his brother joined his dream, and let him opened the Europe market. He step by a step, and planned to own all world of oil market. Rockefeller’s thinking mode help him to get the timing of the market. Itâ€&tr...