David Rockefeller

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David Rockefeller (born 15 June 1915) is an American banker, and the son and grandson, respectively, of oil tycoons John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and John D. Rockefeller.

He was born in New York City, graduated from Harvard in 1936, studied for a year at the London School of Economics, and received his Ph.D. from The University of Chicago in 1940. In 1946 he joined the staff of the Chase National Bank, which subsequently became The Chase Manhattan Bank. He was chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan from 1969 to 1980 and chairman till 1981. He continued in the role of Chairman of the bank's International Advisory Committee until 1999.

In 2003, he served as "honorary member" of the Jury for the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition. He is also the founder and Honorary Chairman of the Trilateral Commission, Chairman Emeritus of New York's Museum of Modern Art, Honorary Chairman of Rockefeller University, Honorary Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, Honorary Chairman of the Council of the Americas, as well as serving as a non-executive board member at the Institute for International Economics. He has acted as spokesman for the U.S. business community on several occasions.

His net wealth is 2.5 billion dollars, making him the 215th wealthiest person in the world.

His Memoirs were published in 2002.

Children

1. David Rockefeller, Jr. (born 1941)
2. Abby Rockefeller (born 1943)
3. Neva Rockefeller Goodwin (born 1944)
4. Margaret Rockefeller (born 1947)
5. Richard Rockefeller (born 1949)
6. Eileen Rockefeller Growald (born 1952)

External links

• Short biography at the Trilateral Commission web-site
• 'Born to be Mild', a review of Memoirs at the New York Timesfr:David Rockefeller