Top of the Rock

Mother asked me the other day, “Just what is this Rock?” Well, I decided to do some research on the man it was named after…John D. Rockefeller

He was born in Richmond, New York on July 8th, 1939 – just 144 years before KK. Later he moved to Cleveland, Ohio.  He grew up in a modest family home. His mother was very religious and disciplined and taught her children to work, to save, and to give to charities. Mr. Rockefeller started his own business before he was 20 years old and later with his brother and others,  began the Standard Oil Company.  He was a devoted Northern Baptist and Rockefeller adhered to a strict abstinence of tobacco and alcohol throughout his life. He was the first American billionaire and was considered by some to be the wealthiest man ever. According to Forbes, he was worth 318.3 billion.

 

From the “Top of the Rock”