John D. Rockefeller’s Massive Fortune - How it is Protected And Passed Down to Its Descendants #875709

There is something almost mythical about the Rockefeller name. It suggests oil, opulence and old money—a dynasty that started with one man and grew into a legacy that has outlasted wars, depressions and revolutions in industry.
John D. Rockefeller, who many consider the richest American in history, amassed his fortune through relentless ambition and a vision that extended beyond commerce. But what is most peculiar about Rockefeller’s wealth is not how it was made—it’s how it endures.
We tend to think of fortunes as fragile things. Easy come, easy go. The children of billionaires are often the punchlines of stories about excess and waste, their inheritances lost in just a generation or two.
But the Rockefeller fortune has proved remarkably resilient. Over a century after its peak, it still funds museums, universities, environmental causes, and quiet lives lived in the comfort of multi-generational privilege. The question is: how?