Rockefeller family

Also known as Rockefellers

American industrial, political and banking family

Key facts

Current region: New York , U.S.
Place of origin: Rhineland , Germany
Founded: 1723, Philadelphia 303 years ago
Founder: Johann Peter Rockefeller
Current head: David Rockefeller Jr.
Titles: List Vice President of the United States Governor (of New York , West Virginia , and Arkansas ) Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas Secretary of State of West Virginia United States Senator ( West Virginia )
Connected families: McCormick family
Estate s: Kykuit , The Casements , Rockwood Hall , Tryon Hall

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The Rockefeller family (/ˈrɒkəfɛlər/ ROCK-ə-fell-ər) is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brothers John D. Rockefeller and William A. Rockefeller Jr., primarily through Standard Oil (the predecessor of ExxonMobil and Chevron Corporation). The family had a long association with, and control of, Chase Manhattan Bank. By 1987, the Rockefellers were considered one of the most powerful families in American history.

The Rockefellers originated in the Rhineland in Germany and family members moved to the Americas in the early 18th century, while through Eliza Davison, with family roots in Middlesex County, New Jersey, John D. Rockefeller and William A. Rockefeller Jr. and their descendants are also of Scots-Irish ancestry.