John D.Rockefeller1839-1937 Had the Forbes 400 existed at the turn of the twentieth century, John Davison Rockefeller would have reigned at the top of the list. Living for nearly a century, and surviving decades of competition in the Darwinian Oil industry he helped to create, Rcokefeller amassed a fortune of $900 million in 1913 and provided the basis for one of Americas Greatest philanthropic foundations.In its infancy, oil was a chaotic, haphazard business. Wildcatters could drill a crude oil well or build a refinery with a small capital outlay. Rockefeller was among the first to set up refineries in Cleveland, which lay at the terminus of the railroad lines leading out of the Oil Regions of Pennsylvania. U.S. oil production soared from 2000 barrels during 1859 to 450 000 a year later, and by 1862, it had gushed to three million barrels. With each successive year, Rockefellers fortune grew. In the mid-1860s, when the end of the Civil War signaled a period of unprecedented economic expansion, Rockefeller brought in new interests, recapitalized his firm, and began to buy out the competition. By 1870, when he formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio, Rockefeller owned all of the refineries in his home base. He would ultimately own nearly all of the nations oil industry.SOURCE: Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Times by Daniel Gross.1.我不靠天赐的运气活着,但我靠策划运气发达。 2.让每一个念头都服从于利益动机。 3.一个人不实在计划成功,就是在计划失败. 4.命运给予我们的不是失望之酒,而是机会之杯。 5.我的信念是抢在别人之前达到目的。 6.智慧之书的第一章,也是最后一章,就是天下没有白吃的午餐。 7.借口是制造失败的根源。 8.永远不能让自己的个人偏见妨碍自己的成功。 9.往上爬的的时候要对别人好一点,因为你走下坡的时候会碰到他们。 10.即使输了,唯一该去做的就是光明磊落的去输。