History: context and origin
The same chapter from every series, so you can compare how each fortune was built. Other posts on the topic follow.
Rockefeller (Part 1 of 5), History: How a Traveling Peddler's Son Laid the Foundation of an Empire
The first of five posts on John D. Rockefeller, one for each category below. How a boy who kept a ledger at 16 became the base of Standard Oil.
Onassis (Part 1 of 5), History: From a Burning Smyrna to a Night Switchboard in Buenos Aires
The first post in a new series on Aristotle Onassis: how a sixteen-year-old refugee started over in Argentina.
Other posts
Andrónico Luksic at 100: A Ford Dealership, a Lucky Mine Sale and Two Holdings
A century after his birth, how a Chilean car dealer sold a mine to Japanese buyers, bought a British railway company and left his family two holdings: one for copper, one for banking and beer.
From Steel to Vermeer: The Thyssen Collection Goes Back to The Hague
Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum and the Mauritshuis are swapping 25 paintings each way. Behind the exchange is a family collection that was split, bought back and finally sold to Spain.