Entrepreneurship?óÔé¼ÔÇØa bold and risky undertaking?óÔé¼ÔÇØis a multifaceted entity. Throughout our years of schooling we are taught of the "American Dream" and entertained with stories of those who perfected it. The life of John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Company, is a paragon of entrepreneurship. Over a forty-year period, Rockefeller built Standard Oil into the largest company in the world, and for a time reigned as the richest man in the world. John D. Rockefeller was born on his family's farm at Richford, New York, on July 8, 1939. John was the second of six children of William and...
as various others, are all included in the NYSE Energy Index. The value of the index is assessed at 10,922.48 Throughout history, there have been numerous entrepreneurs who transformed their small business into billion-dollar corporations.

In the late 19th century, American industry was booming, providing several opportunities for entrepreneurs to expand their businesses. Of these, John D. Rockefeller can most appropriately be labeled as the most successful entrepreneur of his era; Rockefeller transformed his small refining business in Ohio to the largest company in the world and, for a short juncture, reigned as the richest man in the world.