David Rockefeller died at the age of 101
American billionaire and banker David Rockefeller died at the age of 101 the year of March 20 morning.
This was reported by the representative of the family of a businessman Fraser Saitel, writes Reuters.
Tycoon died from chronic heart failure in a dream at his home in Pocantico Hills in New York.
On 20 in March, Rockefeller’s fortune was $ 3,3 billion, he occupied the 581 ranking of the world's richest people. Throughout his life, he gave about $ 2 billion to charity.
David Rockefeller was born 12 June 1915, in New York. He was the grandson of the oil magnate and the first ever billionaire dollar rocker John Rockefeller.
In 1936, David graduated from Harvard University, he also studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and in 1940 he defended his doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago.
In 1942, David joined the army as a private and reached the rank of captain. After World War II he worked in Chase Manhattan Bankwhose president was in 1961 year. In April, 1981 retired due to reaching the maximum allowable age for the position.
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