David Rockefeller, who has died aged 101, was the patriarch of the Rockefeller family and the last of the grandchildren of John D Rockefeller, who founded Standard Oil and as the US’s first billionaire was at one point considered the world’s richest man. Facebook Twitter Pinterest David Rockefeller with the Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in 1971. Photograph: APBorn to a life of privilege, David was the son of John D Rockefeller Jr and Abigail Aldrich, the daughter of the Rhode Island senator Nelson Aldrich. Facebook Twitter Pinterest David Rockefeller with Nelson Mandela in 1998. • David Rockefeller, businessman and philanthropist, born 12 June 1915; died 20 March 2017

Source: The Guardian March 26, 2017 12:52 UTC