When did John D. Rockefeller incorporate Standard Oil in Ohio?
John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil in Ohio on the 1st of January 1870 with one million dollars of capital.
Questions about Standard Oil
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What was the value of the original Standard Oil Trust Agreement signed by forty-one investors?
The original trust held a value of seventy million dollars when forty-one investors signed the agreement on the 2nd of January 1882.
How much oil refinement did Standard Oil control in the United States in 1904?
Standard controlled ninety-one percent of oil refinement and eighty-five percent of final sales in the United States in 1904.
Who wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company and when was it published?
Ida M. Tarbell wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company and published the work in nineteen parts from November 1902 to October 1904 before releasing the book version in 1904.
On what date did the Supreme Court declare Standard Oil an unreasonable monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act?
The Supreme Court upheld lower court judgment on the 15th of May 1911 declaring Standard Oil an unreasonable monopoly under Sherman Antitrust Act Section II.
Which three supermajor companies currently own rights to the Standard name as of December 2024?
Three supermajor companies now own rights to Standard name: ExxonMobil, Chevron Corp., and BP with Chevron registering a new federal trademark for the Standard name for electric charging stations as of December 2024.