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Profiles in Greed: John D. Rockefeller

Profiles in Greed: John D. Rockefeller

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Welcome to the inaugural episode of Money Ruins Everything—the podcast dissecting greedy people, corrupt corporations, and the systems that reward them.

In our series premiere, Profiles in Greed, we take a deep dive into the life and empire of the original corporate supervillain: John D. Rockefeller.

Long before Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos, Rockefeller became America's first billionaire, amassing a fortune that—adjusted for today's economy—would equal roughly $450 billion (about 3% of the U.S. GDP). But how did a traumatized kid from an unstable, impoverished background in upstate New York rise to become the richest man in modern history?


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