Passage: Standard Oil's pre-history began in 1863 as an Ohio partnership formed by industrialist John D. Rockefeller, his brother William Rockefeller, Henry Flagler, chemist Samuel Andrews, silent partner Stephen V. Harkness, and Oliver Burr Jennings, who had married the sister of William Rockefeller's wife. In 1870, Rockefeller abolished the partnership and incorporated Standard Oil in Ohio. Of the initial 10,000 shares, John D. Rockefeller received 2,667; Harkness received 1,334; William Rockefeller, Flagler, and Andrews received 1,333; Jennings each received 1,000, and the firm of Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler received 1,000. Rockefeller alichagua jina "Standard" kama ishara ya "viwango" vya kuaminika vya ubora na huduma ambayo alifikiria kwa tasnia ya mafuta ya kuzaliwa. Swali: Standard Oil ilianzaje?
kama ushirikiano wa Ohio