My Grandmother, Standard Oil & the Banks

At one point in our nation's history Standard Oil was the largest and wealthiest company in existence, but it crushed it s competitors ruthlessly and finally had to be broken up by the government as a monopoly. Standard Oil was John D. Rockefeller's company, at one time the richest man in the world, and possibly the richest man ever. But he went too far. And he was never allowed back.