Economy
Rockefeller helped make “billionaire” a household word
HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART
It took a staggering level of industrial dominance to finally force the English language to evolve upwards. While occasionally used as hypothetical hyperbole earlier, the word firmly entered mainstream journalism strictly to describe the unprecedented, mind-boggling oil wealth accumulated by John D. Rockefeller, shifting the goalposts for extreme opulence forever.
One discovery leads to another.
Keep exploring facts in this topic.
Economy →
