David Rockefeller - a mysterious and sinister figure - died in his sleep. Big banker, philanthropist and protagonist of conspiracy theories: a biography of David Rockefeller Rockefeller alive or not

Experts of "BUSINESS Online" on the death of the 101-year-old patriarch of the clan, glorified by conspiracy theorists, and whether it will affect Russia

The Rockefellers and Rothschilds were replaced by the guys from Silicon Valley, so the death of the former banking tycoon will not change anything in today's elites, experts from BUSINESS Online say. Nevertheless, the structures created by David Rockefeller played their fatal role in the "dismantling" of the USSR, passing the baton of world influence to their successors and giving life to the doctrine of a new global peace.

FROM THE WORLD BY CENT: FOR THE KILLING OF A FLY - 2 CENTS, FOR THE CIVIL WAR - $ 250 THOUSAND

101 year old David Rockefeller died in his sleep, and his death was shrouded in the same silence as everything he did in life. The international news agency Associated Press reported only that this happened on Monday, March 20, at the Rockefeller family estate, located in the town of Pocantico Hills (New York). Before his 102nd birthday, the billionaire did not live for about two and a half months. Everyone knows that his good health was based not only on good genetics, but also on 6 heart transplants. And in order to understand "what kind of guy he was", it is enough to remember what system of education was adopted in the Rockefeller family.

David Rockefeller was the grandson of the first dollar billionaire in history John Rockefeller, who made the basis of his fortune during civil war in the USA. At the same time, Rockefeller Sr., of course, did not take a direct part in the battles, but simply supplied food to the allied troops of the northerners and managed to earn $ 250 thousand as a result. During the same time, the northerners lost 360 thousand people killed, and the Confederates opposing them - another 258 thousand people. By the end of his life, John Rockefeller, who created the largest oil company Standard Oil Company, had a fortune of $ 1.4 billion, which was approximately 1.54% of US GDP.

The character of the illustrious grandfather was also manifested in the way he raised his numerous descendants. Every act here had its monetary equivalent. For example, killing flies in the house was priced at 2 cents, sharpening pencils at 10 cents, chopping firewood at 15 cents, and so on. Being late for breakfast was fined 1 cent. One of John Davison's daughters made good money when she went around the mansion in the evening and turned off the lights in all the rooms. It is also said that each child was required to keep his own ledger, which was revised from time to time by adults.

When the founder of the Rockefeller family died, David was 21 years old. So he managed to go through the crucible of the education system created by his grandfather and even remembered it in his memoirs. David's father, grandfather's full namesake, referred to in all sources as John Davison Rockefeller Jr., at one time offered his children $ 2.5 thousand if they did not smoke until the age of 21, and another $ 2.5 thousand if they retained their virginity until the age of 25. Not all of the third generation of Rockefellers, as you know, agreed to exchange their instincts for "seed capital", but the value base and worldview were laid in them by the very fact of this kind of "business proposals". The understanding that everything in the world has its price - from killing a fly to preserving virginity - also entered the soul of David Rockefeller and later affected his attitude towards such a "paradoxical" state as the USSR, where flies were killed completely free of charge and generally dreamed of the disappearance of money and the "exploitation of man by man".

HOW THE FIRST AMERICAN BANK APPEARED IN THE USSR AND GORBACHEV RECEIVED $75 MILLION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

The biography of David Rockefeller is available to everyone and consists of all sorts of clichés that it makes no sense to retell in full. Graduated with honors from Harvard University with a degree in English history and Literature", then continued his education at the University of Chicago, where he received a doctorate in economics. He began his career in the civil service - as secretary to the mayor of New York. Fought: went to World War II as a simple private, but rose to the rank of captain. He was mainly in North Africa and France, was an assistant to the military attache in Paris and even worked for military intelligence. All bullets, if any, missed Captain Rockefeller.

Already in 1946, having been demobilized, David went to work at the New York Chase National Bank, which at that time was headed by his uncle. Winthrop Aldrich, who later conceded the presidency to his promising nephew. In 1955, Chase National Bank merged with the Bank of Manhattan, as a result of which Chase Manhattan Bank, one of the largest banking structures, appeared in the United States.

As head of Chase Manhattan Bank, Rockefeller met in the 1970s with Leonid Brezhnev and for the first time he was surprised to find that the "empire of the Bolsheviks", so iron and impregnable in appearance, can easily succumb to persuasion and lucrative offers. So Chase Manhattan Bank became the first American bank that carried out monetary transactions on the territory of the USSR.

It should be noted that by this time the structures created with the direct participation of Rockefeller were already functioning in the world: the Bildergberg Club (1954) and the Trilateral Commission (1973). The fact that these organizations are sharpened, among other things, for the "dismantling of the USSR and the establishment of a" new world order ", was said almost openly. AT different time were related to them Zbigniew Brzezinski, Henry Kissinger, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and other well-known politicians and entrepreneurs (the asset of one Bilderberg club includes 383 members). Rockefeller himself never hid his globalist convictions: he was considered one of the most active American neocons (neoconservatives) who advocated for the interests of the "golden billion" and for birth control around the world (and this despite the fact that David's father had five sons and a daughter ).

And already in May 1992, Rockefeller received the former General Secretary of the CPSU at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan Mikhail Gorbachev. The Soviet Union no longer existed, just as there was no party, which was previously headed by Mikhail Sergeevich, so the meeting was about his new "employment". It was then, apparently, that the foundation of the future Gorbachev Fund was laid - the American billionaire transferred $ 75 million to the ex-president of the USSR as material assistance. As Rockefeller later recalled, Gorbachev, talking with him, was “lively and full of ideas,” and David himself, it is possible, wondered in his mind how cheaply the “geopolitical catastrophe” of the century cost him - a little more than the extermination of flies in his family estate ( measured by the scale of the Rockefeller fortune).

Rockefeller lived out his long 101-year life as a patriarch of his kind, which he headed in 2004. According to Forbes in 2017, his personal fortune compared to others looked modest - only $ 3.3 billion. So in the ranking Forbes billionaires he was in 581st place. For comparison: Gates flaunts there in first place, Mark Zuckerberg ranks fifth George Soros- 29th, but let's say Leonid Mikhelson- 46th. But for a calm and prosperous existence, for collecting insects and for transplanting 6 hearts (the latter “breathed new life”in the patriarch of the family in relatively recently - in 2015) this was enough. At the same time, Rockefeller withdrew from almost all cases, having previously transferred them to his numerous heirs. As such, David's five children, his grandchildren, as well as several family foundations and Harvard University are called today. This is the result of a life that began with a child's accounting sheet about the number of sweets eaten and sharpened pencils, and ended with the creation of the "right" global empire in the vacancy formed after the removal of the "wrong" one.

As Rockefeller recalled, Gorbachev, talking with him, was “lively and full of ideas,” and David himself, it is possible, wondered in his mind how cheaply the “geopolitical catastrophe” of the century had cost him. Photo: Vyacheslav Runov, RIA Novosti

"THE KIDS FROM SILICONE VALLEY ARE ALREADY TRYING TO GET THEIR PLACE UNDER THE SUN, AND DINOSAURS WILL GO TO SECOND POSITIONS"

Will the death of the patriarch of the Rockefeller family change the balance of power in the world elites and what fate now awaits the famous Bilderberg Club and the Trilateral Commission, created by the deceased billionaire, BUSINESS Online experts argue

Mikhail Khazin- economist:

- The death of David Rockefeller will not affect the alignment of the world's elites. If we talk about elites, then clan interaction operates within them, so it doesn’t matter at all who is the head of the clan. The Rockefeller clan remains. Bilderberg itself has no influence on world economy and politics. This is a coordination group created as part of the task of liquidating the USSR. There were several such groups. In addition, she tried to promote liberal ideas. I would not exaggerate the role of the Bilderber Club today.

The death of Rockefeller will not affect Russia either. There are people who are actively involved in work in Russia, such as Soros. Although its structures are now strongly pressed. The death of Soros could have an impact on Russia, but also a big question. After all, he does this not because of personal interest, but because, as part of inter-elite interaction, he was appointed to this position, and someone else will be appointed instead of him.

Valentin Katasonov— scientist-economist, professor of the department of international finance at MGIMO, chairman of the Russian Economic Society named after V.I. Sharapova:

“I don't know the Rockefeller family very well. I know that in addition to David, there was another well-known Rockefeller - Nelson, he was the governor of New York and repeatedly became vice president of the United States. From my point of view, the departure of David Rockefeller marks the weakening of the Rockefeller clan. I would say the dinosaur of the last century died. Firstly, because the Rockefellers in the 20th century were associated with such business areas as oil and other sectors of the economy. Then these companies were called Standard Oil, but now they have other names.

Secondly, it is, of course, banks. In the 20th century, Chase Manhattan was synonymous with Rockefeller power. In my opinion, there is a certain adjustment of the forces of the “masters of money”. The most objective indicator of the relative strength of the clans is their participation in the capital of the Federal Reserve System. Generally expert opinions such that in the 20th century the Rothschilds, who were certainly the main shareholders of the Fed, began to gradually lose their positions, and the Rockefellers came out on top. From my point of view, quite serious changes are taking place in the world of finance, and this can even be seen from Trump's behavior - with whom the American president is negotiating and with whom he is trying to build relationships.

This clan does not have one leader, perhaps there are symbolic figures, such as Bill Gates. It would seem that they are engaged in computers and the Internet, but the fact is that the world is entering the era of digital money. I believe that the guys from Silicon Valley will try and are already trying to wring out their place in the sun. They confidently say that the Wall Street banks, the main shareholders of the Fed, are the dinosaurs of the 20th century. And we guys are dynamic and we can really create empires. Dinosaurs will go to second positions. The oil sector is also on the verge of radical changes.

If we talk about the Bilderberg Club, then after some time, these structures will probably not be needed. The Moor has done his job - now he can go. How Masonic lodges were created in their time: until recently they spoke about Masons in a whisper, but now they are discussing them openly. As the Bilderberg Club has passed the peak of its influence, so the Trilateral Commission is losing its former positions. Gradually, all these institutions will turn into a kind of anachronism of the 20th century.

"LET'S NOT EXPLAIN THE FAILURE OF OUR OWN ELITE BY THE MAINTENANCE OF SOME ROTHSCHILDS AND ROCKEFELLERS"

Maxim Kalashnikov- futurologist, publicist:

- I do not belong to the new archaic people who see evil spirits and demons everywhere - Rothschilds and Rockefellers. These are just symbols! In the West, it has long been ruled not by people, but by structures. collective structures, collective mind. And I laugh at our homegrown analysts who argue what the Rothschilds and Rockefellers were up to, as if they were sitting under their table. Well, yes, one of the representatives of the family left. By the way, in terms of the size of his fortune, he was not one of the richest, not the leader of the Forbes list. Therefore, I do not expect any changes. And on Russian Federation his death will not be reflected in any way, because she is successfully destroying herself, she herself is engaged in economic sabotage. Let's please not explain the failure of our own elite by the intrigues of some Rothschilds and Rockefellers. What is at least a change of the head of the Central Bank. Yeltsin could change three times, but at critical moments he would at least bet Gerashchenko. He wasn't ideal, but at least he was a qualified person. But I do not explain the stupidity and club-handedness of my own elite with some supernatural reasons.

Eduard Limonov- writer, politician, founder of the banned NBP party, chairman of the executive committee of the Other Russia coalition:

“It won’t affect the world elites or anything else in any way. I absolutely do not see any connection between the world elites and the old 102-year-old old man ... He has long since “fallen out of circulation”. These are all old fairy tales - about Freemasons, about Jews, about billionaires ... Everyone has already passed, nothing of this has long been gone. Many new centers of life, control centers have appeared. Right now, the Saudi king has traveled to China and signed contracts worth 65 billion dollars. In one go! Are you talking about some poor Rockefeller ...

This death will not affect Russia or anything. Some ancient understanding of the world is connected with it. Rockefeller? So what? When I arrived in France, I got to the evening, which was held in the Rothschild Palace. I kept looking around - when will Rothschild come? And they rent out this space for various club parties...

On March 20, at the age of 101, David Rockefeller, one of the most influential people in the world, died. His grandfather, John Rockefeller, is one of those American entrepreneurs who were called "robber barons". They built a powerful American economy. They were aggressive in business and merciless to competitors. And incredibly rich. Many times richer than today's billionaires. Adjusted for inflation, in today's prices, the then fortune of John D. Rockefeller is estimated at 340 billion dollars. And he was the richest man in the world. Perhaps the richest will remain forever.

Another "robber", Andrew Carnegie, a steel magnate - 309 billion dollars. Henry Ford, automobile king - 190 billion. What about today's numbers? Bill Gates is the richest, 75 billion. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook - 45 billion. A total of 45 billion.

David Rockefeller, John's grandson, was not so rich. However, he had a significant impact on world politics. "Bilderberg Club"; David Rockefeller is one of the founders of this club. Several hundred the most influential people in politics, business, the media. Some believe that these are the masters of the world. Don't know. If the world had real owners, perhaps there would be more order in it. They gather in closed meetings where no outsider can enter. No official statements, no transcripts of meetings. The club is headquartered in New York, on the premises of the Carnegie Endowment, the very same Carnegie who had 309 billion. That huge century old money continues to influence the life of the world. They didn't disappear. They have become political power, ideology, control over information.

David Rockefeller was one of the ideologists of globalization - a single world, the erasure of borders, the infringement of national sovereignty. He was even accused of acting against the interests of the United States as a sovereign country.

“For more than a century, ideological extremists have accused the Rockefeller family of the all-encompassing menacing influence they claim we have on American political and political economic institutions. Some even believe that we are part of a secret political group working against the interests of the United States and characterize my family and me as "internationalists" who have colluded with other groups around the world to build a more integrated global political and political economic structure- a single world, if you like. If the accusation is this, then I plead guilty, and I am proud of it, ”David Rockefeller wrote in his memoirs.

David Rockefeller made no secret of his desire to build a unified world. Apparently, with one government - the world government. Failed. And thank God.

The mere fact that David Rockefeller died at the age of 102, after the seventh heart stopped beating in his chest, speaks of the uniqueness of this personality. The first was transplanted to him back in 1976, 41 years ago. The approximate cost of one such operation today is at least $100,000. Who are the people who became donors for David Rockefeller, and whether there were actually so many transplants, is kept secret, like the whole life of this family, whose power countdown begins with John Davison Rockefeller, who was born in 1839 and managed to take control of 90 % of the entire US oil industry.

Today, the Rockefeller dynasty is one of the richest and, most importantly, influential families in the world. It owns dozens of US companies with total annual revenue approaching 10 percent of US GDP -- more than a trillion dollars. At the same time, David Rockefeller himself was on the list the richest people The earth is only in 603rd place. Rockefellers invested in oil fixed capital in everything - banking, pharmaceuticals, entertainment, the media, the electronics industry and, of course, war.

“I must say that the 20th century was quite successful for the Rockefellers. It's no secret that the Rockefellers actively participated in the preparation and unleashing of both the First and Second World Wars, ”says Valentin Katasonov, chairman of the Russian Economic Society named after Sergei Sharapov.

Rockefellers safely supplied fuel to the Third Reich even after the US government officially banned contacts with Nazi Germany. Accident? But during World War II, not a single tanker of the Rockefeller-owned Standard Oil Company was sunk by German submarines.

The Rockefeller family has been accused of orchestrating virtually every revolution and overthrow of governments around the world over the past hundred years.

“You need to remember one simple thing. A huge number of people in the twentieth century from the American establishment - political, intelligence, scientific and technical - are either from universities that are controlled by the Rockefellers or sponsored by them, or people who are closely associated with these structures, ”recalls the director of the Institute for Systemic and Strategic Analysis Andrey Fursov.

However, no direct evidence of the influence of the Rockefellers on the ruling elites of the Anglo-Saxon world can not be found. Except that Rockefeller openly donated many millions of dollars annually to Harvard University, as well as to a number of other educational institutions in the United States. For this he was called the greatest philanthropist in the world. Eight American presidents, including Barack Obama, and 49 Nobel laureates have studied at Harvard alone at different times.

“His fingerprints can be seen in many election campaigns where Rockefeller money supported the winner. He also helped European parties. For example, the British Labor Party. He also had an influence on de Gaulle's French party. And the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Rockefeller money has always been in politics,” says journalist and former US Navy intelligence officer Wayne Madson.

At the same time, it is worth noting that David Rockefeller communicated with equal success with Soviet leaders who did not graduate from Harvard. For example, with Nikita Khrushchev. By the way, just two months after the meeting, he was removed from the post of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU.

Three times Rockefeller met with Mikhail Gorbachev - before, during and after perestroika. He already came to Russia to Yuri Luzhkov, and also talked with Anatoly Chubais. Not once did the press reveal what was discussed at such meetings. But to believe that these were idle conversations is still difficult.

“David Rockefeller took an active part in the management of such behind-the-scenes organizations as the Bilderberg Club, he already participated in the first meeting of the Bilderberg Club in 1954,” says Valentin Katasonov.

The Bilderberg Club is a closed annual conference, admission to which is possible only by personal invitation. They were sent, among other things, by Rockefeller himself. Conspiracy theorists claim that, in fact, this is an annual meeting of the world government. There are about 130 politicians, businessmen and bankers in total. The last such closed meeting took place last June in Dresden. But there were never any reports of conferences. Is that a mention in the book of Jordon Maxwell called "The Matrix of Power". In it, he cites words allegedly spoken by Rockefeller in 1991.

“We are grateful to The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine, and other major publications whose directors have attended our meetings and honored their promise of confidentiality for nearly forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the whole world if it had been made public in those years. But now the world has become more complex, and it is ready to go to the world government, ”the book says.

Rockefeller himself never confirmed or denied this. But the fact that it was in 1991 that the Soviet Union collapsed and the United States began to systematically try to rebuild a unipolar world is a fact. As well as the fact that the Rockefeller family controls the mainstream Anglo-Saxon media.

“He was not directly behind some influential publication, TV channel or radio station. To a certain extent, he even avoided the press, like any rich man. But he undoubtedly contributed to the development of journalism as such. And what we have today, what kind of media, is largely due to his merit, ”says The Times columnist Michael Billon.

Another long-standing theme that is inextricably linked to the Rockefeller family is their multi-million dollar investment in scientific research. In the university founded by David Rockefeller's grandfather, so many discoveries were made that they would be enough for a dozen research centers. The discovery of blood groups, antibodies, the discovery of the appetite-suppressing hormone leptin are only a small part of the research at Rockefeller University.

“This is a kind of organization that was and continues to be engaged in medical and genetic research, and these studies, apparently, are very similar to what they did in the Third Reich, namely, eugenics. Eugenics and selection, as they say, worthy to live on this planet, and the removal from life of those who do not meet these criteria. Therefore, some directly call David Rockefeller the ideologist of global genocide,” says Valentin Katasonov.

The news that the Zika virus, which Barack Obama, as President of the United States, called the main threat along with Russia, was patented by the Rockefeller Center back in 1947, made a lot of noise. Moreover, this virus is spread by mosquitoes. And Rockefeller himself was a passionate entomologist. In his personal collection - more than 40 thousand species of insects. And this only reinforced the rumors about attempts to regulate the population on the planet.

“We must always remember that the Rockefellers were very active in developing and sponsoring a program to reduce the population of the planet, freeing themselves from excess eaters. But there is one trick here. It's not just about extra eaters and that there are few resources. It's just that seven or eight billion people are very difficult to control. And the Rockefellers have always proceeded from the fact that the world should be controlled from one center, ”says Andrei Fursov.

It was at the Rockefeller Science Center that evidence of the viral nature of a number of cancer. Conspiracy theorists were alerted that after that the leaders Latin America, where there was a systemic crisis in relations with the United States, was literally covered by a cancer epidemic. Colombia and Peru, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. Evo Morales from Bolivia. The United States' main opponent in the region, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, also died of cancer.

The phrase “Give me the right to issue and control the country’s money, and I won’t care who makes the laws!” is attributed to the main rival of the Rockefeller family, the founder of the Rothschild clan, but this does not change the essence. The Rockefellers actually have a lot under control. Everyone knows that the US Federal Reserve has never been a state bank. It's private joint-stock company, in fact, giving loans to the state and printing dollars. Who pays, he orders the music. The only American president who tried to resist such control was John F. Kennedy. In 1961, he gave his famous speech, the essence of which is still clear today.

“Across the world, we are opposed by a monolithic, ruthless conspiracy that is expanding its sphere of influence by covert means. And this system has built a strong, highly efficient machine that carries out military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations,” the American president said at the time.

Shortly thereafter, Kennedy was assassinated. This can also be considered a conspiracy theory, but no other US president even tried to encroach on the invisible, but unconditional power of the Rockefellers and the bankers close to them.

Rockefeller believed that success in business required "training, discipline, and hard work." He proved it by his example. After the end of World War II (David went to the front as a volunteer), he, at the invitation of his uncle, got a job at the world's largest bank, Chase Bank.

David began his career as an assistant manager (then it was the lowest category of bank employees), received $ 3,500 a year and traveled to work by subway.

The future billionaire knew how to "feel the moment." While higher education and management skills were not important achievements, so he was silent about having a doctorate in economics: "It might have seemed like an inability to do practical work."

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Rockefeller did not like to sit in the office. During his 35 years at Chase Bank, he has flown more than five million miles (that's 200 round-the-world trips), visited more than a hundred countries. He visited France over 40 times, visited England 37 times, met bank clients in 42 of the 50 US states, and "ate more than 10,000 business lunches."

He could hold up to ten business meetings a day, was in audience with 200 heads of state and government, with whom he established personal ties. “While at times the pace was a little crazy, I found these trips productive and enjoyable, and important to the globalization of our operations,” Rockefeller wrote.

The billionaire believed that one should not be afraid to lead with friends: “I never thought that close personal friendship and good business relations should be mutually exclusive. I firmly believe that the most successful business relationships are based on trust, understanding and loyalty.”

Friendship based on business is better than business based on friendship.

David Rockefeller

Rockefeller believed that you need to build, not destroy. "The joy of entrepreneurship is in creating something permanent, lasting, and of value to others."

To achieve success, according to Rockefeller, you should not get hung up on money: "If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it."

And another business tip from a billionaire: “Don't be afraid of big expenses. You have to be afraid of small incomes.”

Life

The billionaire had an unusual hobby: not women and expensive alcohol, but collecting bugs. This passion was not destructive. “It is impossible to lead a large commercial bank by walking all night,” Rockefeller believed.

He fell in love with insects as a child when he took a science course. On all trips, David took a jar with him. He liked that he could engage in a hobby in any part of the world.

Collecting beetles is not difficult: they have a strong shell.

David Rockefeller

Rockefeller discovered several new types of beetles. Its collection of 40,000 insects is considered the largest in the world. A rare scarab from the Mexican mountains is named after David: Diplotaxis rockefelleri.

The billionaire believed that children needed a good teacher. Rockefeller often recalled his teacher in the sixth grade, who instilled in him a lifelong interest in history.

Since childhood, David had a calm character. In the future, this determined his attitude towards people: Rockefeller admitted that he disliked scenes and showdowns most of all.

“The name Rockefeller can be an advantage ... On my phone calls respond more often. But because of it, people sometimes treat me more suspiciously, more skeptically than others. They believe that I have achieved something thanks to the surname, and not to my own efforts, ”said David.

Anyone who stands out from the crowd even a little needs to be thick-skinned.

David Rockefeller

The secret of ideal with the second half, according to Rockefeller, is simple: “My wife and I have completely different interests that we pursued separately from each other. This is the key to our very long and very happy marriage."

The billionaire was opposed to living beyond one's means: available credit, in his opinion, easily leads "both to large-scale speculation and to over-expansion."

To live fully interesting life, Rockefeller advised to love adventure, be sure to go abroad, explore another culture, not regret anything, and also be sincerely interested in people. “Such a direct and uncomplicated approach applies both to the people I meet on a daily basis and to the leaders of our world.”

The billionaire believed that "where you have ample opportunities, responsibility arises." Rockefeller was a well-known philanthropist. In November 2006, The New York Times reported that his total donations were over $900 million. He gave 100 million to Harvard University, his alma mater, which made it possible to expand the teaching of the humanities and financially support students studying abroad.

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Health

David Rockefeller received seven heart transplants. He underwent this operation for the first time in 1976 after a severe accident that caused a heart attack. A week later, the billionaire has already gone for a run.

Late last year, Rockefeller became the first person in the world to receive seven heart transplants. “Each new heart seems to breathe life into my body. I feel more alive and energetic,” he said.

In addition, he received two kidney transplants.

In an interview, Rockefeller revealed another very simple secret to his longevity.

Love life. Live an ordinary life, raise your children, enjoy what you have and spend time with good people and true friends.

David Rockefeller

Rockefeller often joked that he wanted to live to be 200 years old.

6 more wise sayings of David Rockefeller

1. The ability to deal with people is a commodity that can be bought in the same way that we buy sugar or coffee. And I'll pay more for that skill than anything else in the world.
2. Earn a reputation and it will work for you.
3. Good management is about showing average people how to do the work of excellent people.
4. I have always tried to turn every failure into an opportunity.
5. I'd rather hire a person with enthusiasm than a person who knows everything.
6. I don't think there is any other quality that is as essential to any kind of success as perseverance.

On March 20, David Rockefeller (1915-2017) died at his estate in New York State at the age of 101. It is unlikely that there will be an adult who is completely unfamiliar with this surname. This is one of my favorite characters. For the investor community around the world, this event cannot go unnoticed, because the Rockefeller family should be ranked among the most famous and influential financial dynasties. According to statistics, only on a lazy blog, Rockefeller's name in one form or another is mentioned about 20 times. In particular, from the familiar associations with this name, Rockefeller Center comes to mind - a complex of 19 skyscrapers - a symbol of modern New York and, along with Wall Street, the business heart of Manhattan.

David Rockefeller is not only a legend in the financial world, but also a unique medical phenomenon: the man who changed seven hearts. He survived the first heart transplant after a plane crash in 1976, in which the billionaire barely survived. The last transplant, the seventh in a row, occurred at the age of 101, an absolute world record was set for the number of transplants in one person. The Rockefellers are also known for the diversity of their financial interests, from ownership, and, to a passion for investing in and the largest collection of insects on the planet.

Biography of David Rockefeller

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David Rockefeller grew up in the famous and fabulously influential Rockefeller family, whose founder is known as the first billionaire in history. In 1870, he founded the Standard Oil Company, which later grew into an entire oil empire. By the way, its modern successor is the largest oil company in the world, ExxonMobil. It was John Rockefeller who once publicly admitted that he was ready to account for every million earned, except for the first. In the first half of the twentieth century, the Rockefellers held the second place in the United States in terms of assets, after the Morgan dynasty. David's older brothers held high positions in the American government, up to the vice president.

Photo of John Rockefeller - the founder of the dynasty

David received an excellent education, in 1940 he became a doctor of economics at the University of Chicago, founded by his grandfather. He began his career at Chase Manhattan Bank (then the largest Chase Bank in America), which later became the financial heart of the dynastic empire. Having a doctorate, he began working as a simple clerk and traveled to work by subway. When did the second World War, he went to fight as an ordinary volunteer, then rose to the rank of captain of military intelligence in Algeria.

It will be interesting for the Russian public that David Rockefeller personally met with Khrushchev and Brezhnev, which in no small measure marked the beginning of cooperation with Soviet Union and subsequently became one of the prerequisites for the end cold war. Chase Manhattan Bank is the first American bank to conduct transactions in the USSR and obtain a banking license here.

Who is he really

For most people, the name Rockefeller means a synonym for wealth, political and economic influence, involvement in a secret club of "money bag" magnates. And there are reasons for this: 100 years ago, his family owned 3% of US GDP. For some, he is a monster of the "Masonic behind the scenes" and a favorite character in numerous worldwide conspiracy theories. For others, it is a philanthropist (philanthropist) who gave over a billion dollars of his personal fortune to charitable projects.

The Rockefeller Charitable Foundation is the second largest in the world, after the Ford Foundation. The Rockefellers are worth $2.5 billion, according to Forbes. Today, the famous dynasty has lost its former position, but the name of the Rockefellers is still familiar to everyone. His name is among the trustees of the largest universities, dozens of schools, hospitals, museums and libraries, which speaks of a passion for educating aspiration in a person. Rockefeller considered making money for the sake of money itself an unworthy occupation. He himself explained his longevity simply: the secret is in love and the ability to share. To questions about how to live long, David replied: "Live a simple life, play with your children, enjoy everything you do." This attitude to your life fits perfectly into the lazy blogging philosophy and is a goal for many investors.

As follows from the biography, David worked all his life, this was laid down in the traditions of his family. John Rockefeller's grandfather's motto is "work and" became a life credo for David. Grandfather told his grandson that if becoming rich is your main and only goal, then you will not achieve this goal. Rockefeller's aphorism is known: "He who works all day has no time to earn money." His father and grandfather always taught David and his brothers that it is wrong to assume that they are guaranteed as much money for life as they need. They were told: the money belongs to God, and we only. Like other gurus of the financial world (such as D. Soros), the Rockefellers professed an unfussy, long-term view of money as capital in the broad sense of the word, including human capital.

How to deal with capital

At the same time, the Rockefeller family cultivated a respectful and careful attitude to the money you earn. Poverty, according to the Rockefellers, deserves sympathy, but does not deserve respect. Being poor is not honorable and a person is simply obliged to make every effort to overcome this condition, to transfer his business or capital to heirs.

I really like the phrase of David's father: "Don't be afraid of big expenses, you should be afraid of small incomes." Also, children and grandchildren were instilled with a reverent attitude towards family and social capital, as a boon for all citizens: “Attractive profit creates jobs, increases wealth and empowers people with opportunities that no social or economic system is capable of.”

From generation to generation, the Rockefeller family passed on the idea that any failure is just a stepping stone to success and prosperity. The Rockefellers have proven this with two hundred years of business history. Attentive readers will surely remember that this thought, which is relevant for any investor, runs like a thread through.

At the end of the article, according to tradition, I will give a few tips from the master, presented in the form of aphorisms:

• Success in business requires training, discipline, and hard work. But if that doesn't scare you, there are more opportunities today than ever before;
• Your well-being depends on your own decisions;
• Friendship based on business is better than business based on friendship;
• Earn a reputation and it will work for you.

All profit!

Photo: David Rockefeller was always surrounded the mighty of the world this. 1952 Eleanor Roosevelt The Iron Lady American politics, Trygve Li - the first Secretary General of the UN and Thomas Watson, an entrepreneur, a passionate admirer of Hitler and the first CEO of IBM.

Billionaire David Rockefeller died in his sleep at the age of 101. His name is strongly associated with "neo-conservatism", the Bilderberg Club, the Council on international relations US and birth control policy. David Rockefeller died never knowing that he had a heart transplant 7 times, and all because he did not read the Russian Internet.

David Rockefeller is the grandson of legendary billionaire John Rockefeller. The untold wealth of this family, which began in the early years of the 20th century, and in just over a hundred years has reached the size of more than 330 billion dollars, could not but cause a mass of rumors, gossip and legends.

And this, of course, affected the life story of David Rockefeller, who, as if on purpose, maintained a scandalous reputation. However, until the end of the Second World War, that is, until the age of thirty, David did not rush to the heights of power. He graduated from Harvard, worked as an official in the city hall and New York, but less than a year later, the war began, and in 1941 he entered military service, and at the end of the war he retired with the rank of captain. And then David suddenly becomes director of the US Council on Foreign Relations - the most influential private structure which largely determines America's foreign policy.

Many have heard the name of the magazine Foreign Affairs, and so, this publication is published by the Council on Foreign Relations.

David Rockefeller became the youngest director of the Board. A year earlier, he began working at the Bank of Manhattan, now J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. David Rockefeller became CEO of this bank already in 1961, and worked in this position until 1981, when he resigned due to reaching the legal age limit.

He left the leadership of the Council on Foreign Relations a little later in 1984, retaining, however, the title of honorary chairman.

In 1954, David Rockefeller took part in the first meeting of the so-called Bilderberg Club, which is often called the shadow world government. Since then, he has not missed a single meeting of this organization and was a member of the club's governing committee, which suggests that he was at the origins of its foundation.

He is also called one of the inventors of "neo-conservatism", an ideology according to which liberalism has become obsolete, but is beneficial as a screen that allows the United States to pursue a tough, up to military intervention, policy, the declared goal of which is called the establishment of democracy, and the actual overthrow of competitive regimes and creating favorable conditions for the American economy.

Also, David Rockefeller has repeatedly advocated birth control, which contradicts the main commandment of all Abrahamic religions, received by Adam back in the Garden of Eden, which says: "be fruitful and multiply." Rockefeller's position, running counter to these words, seriously demonized his figure.

AT Russian Internet Rockefeller was demonized to the limit, there are articles about him that report that the multibillionaire owes his longevity to the fact that he was already transplanted with the seventh donor heart.

Rockefeller had few admirers at home either. The idea of ​​globalism, which is opposed, for example, by the current US President, Donald Trump, brings only one thing - new billions to those who already have a lot of them, ordinary people, thanks to globalization, only lose their livelihoods.