Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Ron Chernow, later the biographer of Alexander Hamilton and Ulysses S. Grant, tells the life of John D. Rockefeller, the man who built Standard Oil into a monopoly and became the richest American of his age. Chernow follows him from a hard childhood with a con-artist father to ruthless dominance of the oil business, the breakup of his empire by the government, and his second career as a giant of philanthropy. The portrait is balanced, showing both the cold operator and the devout, generous family man. Charlie Munger called it one of the best business biographies he ever read.
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. was written by Ron Chernow, published in 1998 by Vintage.
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. is 832 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. takes most readers 12 to 18 hours to finish.
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.