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| | Company name | Standard Oil | | Company type | Ohio Corporation (1870-1882), Business Trust (1882-1892), New Jersey Holding Company (1899-1911) | | Industry | Oil and Gas | | Founded | 1870 | | Defunct | 1911 | | Headquarters | Cleveland, Ohio (1870-1885) New York City, New York (1885-1911) | | Key people | John D. Rockefeller, Founder & Chairman
Henry M. Flagler, Senior Executive
John D. Archbold, Vice President
William Rockefeller, Senior Executive & New York Representative
Samuel Andrews, Chemist & First Chief of Refining Operations
Charles Pratt, Senior Executive
Henry H. Rogers, Senior Executive
Oliver H. Payne, Senior Executive
Daniel O'Day, Senior Executive
Jabez A. Bostwick, Senior Executive & First Treasurer
William G. Warden, Senior Executive
Jacob Vandergrift, Senior Executive | | Products | Fuels, Lubricants, Petrochemicals | | Employees | 60,000 (1909) |
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Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world and operated as a major company trust and was one of the world's first and largest multinational corporations until it was broken up by the United States Supreme Court in 1911. John D. Rockefeller was a founder, chairman and major shareholder, and the company made him the richest man in modern history.
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