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    Breaking Rockefeller: The Incredible Story of the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Oil Empire
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    Breaking Rockefeller: The Incredible Story of the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Oil Empire

    Written by Peter B. Doran

    Narrated by Peter B. Doran

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    The incredible tale of how ambitious oil rivals Marcus Samuel, Jr., and Henri Deterding joined forces to topple the Standard Oil empire

    Marcus Samuel, Jr., is an unorthodox Jewish merchant trader. Henri Deterding is a take-no-prisoners oilman. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller is at the peak of his power. Having annihilated all competition and possessing near-total domination of the market, even the U.S. government is wary of challenging the great "anaconda" of Standard Oil. The Standard never loses--that is until Samuel and Deterding team up to form Royal Dutch Shell.

    A riveting account of ambition, oil, and greed, Breaking Rockefeller traces Samuel's rise from outsider to the heights of the British aristocracy, Deterding's conquest of America, and the collapse of Rockefeller's monopoly. The beginning of the twentieth century is a time when vast fortunes were made and lost. Taking readers through the rough and tumble of East London's streets, the twilight turmoil of czarist Russia, to the halls of the British Parliament, and right down Broadway in New York City, Peter Doran offers a richly detailed, fresh perspective on how Samuel and Deterding beat the world's richest man at his own game.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 24, 2016
    ISBN9780399565113
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    • 4/5
      While the title is probably something of an overreach this is a lively account of the rise of Royal Dutch Shell as a competitor to the behemoth that was Standard Oil, while at the same time a commentary on how some things don't change in the nature of the international energy market. It's a sign of the times that even books about the petroleum industry have to take global warming seriously as a factor.
    • 5/5
      Simply riveting to explore modern geopolitical dynamics through the lend of crude.
    • 5/5
      A brief history of why our modern world is like it is. Insightful and well written book. Highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      Good bool to review the oil strategy from 1890’s to the present.
    • 5/5
      An incredible story about how monopolies come to rise and fall through ambitious entrepreneurs. How a poor family in England frpm the 1800s built one of the largest companies in the world. Anything is possible.
    • 5/5
      The complete book for the Oil industry. Super cool book