Long before he became the richest man in the world, John D. Rockefeller, as a little boy, was both tested and thwarted by his scamming father who sold miracle elixirs among dozens of other scams. His ...

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Gates worked with Rockefeller to develop a system to ensure that his philanthropic donations were put to the best possible use. An avid reader of books of medicine, economics, history ...