Short answers, pulled from the story.
John Davison Rockefeller was born on the 8th of July 1839 in Richford, New York. He was born into a family defined by chaos and contradiction with a father who lived a double life and a mother who taught him the value of saving every penny.
John D. Rockefeller built his oil empire by using gasoline to fuel his own operations and selling waste products as lubricating oil, petroleum jelly, and paraffin wax. This efficiency allowed him to undercut competitors and absorb 22 of 26 Cleveland competitors in less than four months during The Cleveland Conquest in 1872.
The Supreme Court ruled in 1911 that Standard Oil must be dismantled for violation of federal antitrust laws following intense scrutiny and the publication of The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida Tarbell in 1904. The trust was broken up into 34 separate entities, including companies that would become ExxonMobil, Chevron, and BP.
John D. Rockefeller created the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in 1901, the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission in 1909, and the Rockefeller Foundation in 1913. These organizations eradicated hookworm disease in the American South, supported black schools in the South, and helped build the Peking Union Medical College in China.
John D. Rockefeller died of arteriosclerosis on the 23rd of May 1937 at The Casements in Ormond Beach, Florida. He lived a life of personal austerity and religious devotion as a devout Northern Baptist who adhered to total abstinence from alcohol and tobacco throughout his life.