Event
Standard Oil of New Jersey stockholder record of 17 August 1907
A list of the company’s largest stockholders, printed by a newspaper in October 1907, with John D. Rockefeller first at 247,692 shares.
- Dates
- 17 Aug 1907
- Too Big to Fail20 scenes
- How are Standard Oil of New Jersey stockholder record of 17 August 1907 and … connected?
A newspaper’s printing of the Standard Oil stock list, read from a machine-made copy of the page. Dividing 247,692 by 983,383 gives about 25 percent; that division is ours. The 1911 decree handed the pieces to the parent’s stockholders in proportion to what each held (Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States).
Connections 2
involved
- John D. Rockefeller first on the list, with 247,692 shares Scholarship & press 1
- Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) the company whose stock the list shows: 983,383 shares at the foot of the list, valued at $432,688,520 at $440 a share Scholarship & press 1
Timeline 1 date
- 17 Aug 1907 Standard Oil of New Jersey stockholder record of 17 August 1907
Proof 1 source
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Rockefeller owns 241,892 oil shares [as the headline prints it; the text says 247,692] (The Abbeville Press and Banner, page 2), The Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, S.C.), 16 Oct 1907.
Scholarship & press
with 247,692 shares, indicating that
983,383 $432,688,520
Page history 3 changes
- Second revision of Too Big to Fail: the FTC's 1917 finding, the 1952 report's seven firms, the 1984 hearing record, and corrected cards for Spirit, beef, tickets, Google and the final verdict05663c47
- Revise Too Big to Fail after the skeptic's review: read to 2 November 2026, a verdict card that separates findings from shares, the 1929 fight with its scandal and the board's stand, and sources for every cardc819f2cb
- Add the story Too Big to Fail: Standard Oil's stockholders, the phrase's origin in 1984, and market-by-market cases to November 2026aa9c434d
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