He was the first billionaire in the history of the world. At one time, the company he started, Standard Oil Company, controlled and marketed ninety-percent of the oil produced in America. We have today, Exxon, Mobil, Amoco and Chevron, because of this man's vision and ingenuity. For the vast majority of his life, he was by far and away, the richest man in the world. Even today, the name Rockefeller is associated with wealth.

John D. Rockefeller, who probably never really knew exactly how much he was worth and had far more money than any one-hundred men could spend in a life-time and who (by all accounts) was very, very careful where he gave his money and how he would spend his money, made this incredible statement. "I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other abilit…