Died politician and great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller IV

In the United States, in the 90th year of life, the famous statesman John Jay Rockefeller IV died, who was the great-grandson of the legendary creator of the oil empire John Rockefeller (1839-1937). The death of a prominent representative of the famous dynasty was reported by the American newspaper The Washington Post (WP).

During his many years of work in the upper house of the US Congress, the politician managed to visit the head of several important structural units at once. At various times in his career, he coordinated the work of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and chaired the Intelligence Committee.

One of the most notable milestones in his tenure was leading a large-scale bipartisan Senate investigation in 2008, which was launched to examine the geopolitical factors and backgrounds that led to the outbreak of hostilities in Iraq. The lawmaker first received a senatorial mandate in 1984. Almost three decades later, in 2013, he publicly announced his intention to end his political career on the eve of the 2014 election, in which he was defeated.

The historical roots of his family are inextricably linked with the birth of large American capital. His famous great-grandfather, John Rockefeller, went down in history as the founder of the industrial giant - the oil syndicate Standard Oil - and became one of the first people on the planet who managed to earn a billion dollar fortune.

Already in the modern era, according to the financial and economic magazine Forbes, which published in 2016 a list of the wealthiest American surnames, the Rockefeller dynasty is located on the 23rd position. At that time, their collective financial assets were estimated at $ 11 billion. At the same time, the leadership in this ranking was held by the Walton family, which founded the international retail chain Walmart and had a total capital of about $ 130 billion.

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