Breaking Rockefeller: The Incredible Story of the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Oil Empire Audiobook (Free)
- Peter B. Doran
- 9 h 55 min
- Penguin Audio
- 2016-05-24
Summary:
The incredible tale of how ambitious oil rivals Marcus Samuel, Jr., and Henri Deterding joined forces to topple the Standard Oil empire
Marcus Samuel, Jr., is an unorthodox Jewish product owner investor. Henri Deterding is a take-no-prisoners oilman. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller reaches the peak of his power. Having annihilated all competition and possessing near-total domination of the marketplace, also the U.S. authorities is cautious with challenging the fantastic “anaconda” of Regular Oil. THE TYPICAL about Breaking Rockefeller: The Amazing Story from the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Essential oil Empire under no circumstances loses-that can be until Samuel and Deterding synergy to form Royal Dutch Shell.
A riveting accounts of ambition, oil, and greed, Breaking Rockefeller traces Samuel’s rise from outsider towards the heights of the English aristocracy, Deterding’s conquest of America, and the collapse of Rockefeller’s monopoly. The beginning of the twentieth hundred years is a time when vast fortunes were made and lost. Acquiring visitors through the tough and tumble of East London’s roads, the twilight turmoil of czarist Russia, towards the halls from the English Parliament, and down Broadway in New York City, Peter Doran provides a richly comprehensive, fresh perspective on what Samuel and Deterding beat the world’s richest guy at his own game.
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