2min chapter

Acquired cover image

Standard Oil Part II

Acquired

CHAPTER

Standard Oil of New Jersey - The Break Up Takes Effect

When Standard Oil was broken up into 34 companies, they all became publicly traded. Rockefeller never sold shares and bought them from other people when he had a dispute with someone on the board. The financials show what ludicrously good businesses these are. They own god knows what. And newspapers across America start running daily box cores ouon of i keeping track of rockefeller's net worth.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode