Rockefeller: The World’s First Billionaire
✨ Create your own community, or discover new ones: https://www.skool.com/discovery 🎁 Get a 60-day free trial at https://www.shipstation.com/magnates 🚀 MagnatesMedia YouTube Course: https://magnatesmedia.com 💸 FREE STOCKS for MagnatesMedia fans: https://magnates.media/freestocks 🎨 MagnatesMedia editing software: https://magnates.media/editing 🎵 MagnatesMedia music (FREE trial): https://magnates.media/music THE STORY OF JOHN D ROCKEFELLER - The business magnate and richest man in the world (and the world’s first billionaire). There was a time when anyone would tremble upon hearing the name John D. Rockefeller. Not only was he the world’s first billionaire, he’s one of the richest people in history. His empire - Standard Oil - became the most dominant monopoly in the world by brutally crushing competitors, taking control of multiple industries, bribing the government into submission, and treating business as if it was war. Because of his ruthless business practices and secretive deals, Rockefeller made many enemies. His career is filled with bitter rivalries like with Andrew Carnegie, and even ferocious battles against US Presidents. But, before he was the titan of the oil industry, Rockefeller was at the very bottom of society. His story is one of only a handful of cases where someone manages to rise from the depths of poverty, to the absolute peak of wealth and power. Rockefeller’s story is at times inspiring, and at times… chilling. It’s an example of what happens when greed and ambition go completely unchecked. This Rockefeller documentary shows the insane true story of John D Rockefeller, the history of Standard Oil and one of the craziest rags to riches stories. At times it’s an inspiring business story with lessons for entrepreneurs, at other times it’s a dark business story showing the worst of corporate greed. And after crushing his competition, through a series of strategic investments Rockefeller became the richest person in the world (even surpassing Andrew Carnegie). Adjusting for inflation, he is one of the richest self made men in history. And when his business empire got split up and he got given shares in other companies, he became even richer as their stock price soared on the stock market. But before all that wealth, let me take you back to 1839, where a young John D. Rockefeller is born into poverty… For more business stories about business magnates and titans of industry, subscribe to MagnatesMedia. I also make business documentary and business movies about modern day big companies, entrepreneurs and business stories. The World's First Billionaire: The Brutal Truth The First Billionaire: The Ugly Truth Rockefeller: The World’s First Billionaire 00:00 Prologue: John D Rockefeller Movie 01:04 Chapter 1: The POOR Mr Rockefeller 06:37 Chapter 2: The YOUNG Mr Rockefeller 12:06 Chapter 3: The AMBITIOUS Mr Rockefeller 17:40 Chapter 4: The RUTHLESS Mr Rockefeller 25:38 Chapter 5: The FORMIDABLE Mr Rockefeller 30:56 Attention is the new oil? 31:56 Chapter 6: The CONTROLLING Mr Rockefeller 36:07 Chapter 7: The POWERFUL Mr Rockefeller 40:16 Chapter 8: The NOTORIOUS Mr Rockefeller 45:26 FREE Shipping Deal! 46:26 Chapter 9: The GENEROUS Mr Rockefeller
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The Trillion Dollar Equation
The most famous equation in finance, the Black-Scholes/Merton equation, came from physics. It launched an industry worth trillions of dollars and led to the world’s best investments. Go to https://www.eightsleep.com/veritasium and use the code Veritasium for $200 off your Pod Cover. Special thanks to our Patreon supporters! Join this list to help us keep our videos free, forever: https://ve42.co/PatreonDEB If you’re looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically - https://ve42.co/SnatomsV ▀▀▀ A huge thank you to Prof. Andrew Lo (MIT) for speaking with us and helping with the script. We would also like to thank the following: Prof. Amanda Turner (University of Leeds) Owen Maher (Electrify Video Partners) ▀▀▀ References: The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons launched the quant revolution, Gregory Zuckerman. Penguin Publishing Group. - https://ve42.co/GZuckerman The Physics of Finance: Predicting the Unpredictable: Can Science Beat the Market? James Owen Weatherall. Short Books. - https://ve42.co/FinancePhysics The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets, J.Voigt. Springer. - https://ve42.co/Springer Black, F., & Scholes, M. (1973). The pricing of options and corporate liabilities. Journal of political economy, 81(3), 637-654. - https://ve42.co/BlackScholes Cornell, B. (2020). Medallion fund: The ultimate counterexample?. The Journal of Portfolio Management, 46(4), 156-159. - https://ve42.co/Medallion Images & Video: Ed Thorp on The Tim Ferris Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNvz91Jyzbg Jim Simons on TED - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5kIdtMJGc8 Jim Simons on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNznD9hMEh0 ▀▀▀ Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Adam Foreman, Anton Ragin, Balkrishna Heroor, Bill Linder, Blake Byers, Burt Humburg, Chris Harper, Dave Kircher, David Johnston, Diffbot, Evgeny Skvortsov, Garrett Mueller, Gnare, I.H., John H. Austin, Jr. ,john kiehl, Josh Hibschman, Juan Benet, KeyWestr, Lee Redden, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Max Paladino, Meekay, meg noah, Michael Krugman, Orlando Bassotto, Paul Peijzel, Richard Sundvall, Sam Lutfi, Stephen Wilcox, Tj Steyn, TTST, Ubiquity Ventures ▀▀▀ Directed by Will Wood and Derek Muller Written by Will Wood, Emily Zhang, Petr Lebedev and Derek Muller Camera operation by Raquel Nuno Additional research by Gregor Čavlović Edited by Jack Saxon and Trenton Oliver Animated by Fabio Albertelli, Jakub Misiek, Ivy Tello, David Szakaly and Will Wood Produced by Will Wood, Han Evans and Derek Muller Thumbnail by Ren Hurley Additional video/photos supplied by Getty Images and Pond5 Music from Epidemic Sound
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