On June 12, the American billionaire David Rockefeller celebrated his centenary, having inherited a solid launching pad from his grandfather (oil magnate, founder of Standard Oil John Rockefeller), David Rockefeller has earned an impressive prestige in the global financial and political arenas. Globalist, neoconservative, banker, benefactor, insect collector … What else is known about him? …
The oldest of the richest
In the list of world billionaires according to Forbes, David Rockefeller is not even in the top 500, occupying 603rd place (his fortune is estimated at about $ 2.5 billion). But Rockefeller Sr. (of the living) is considered the oldest of the richest people on the planet.
David Rockefeller.
Perhaps, all kinds of surgical interventions helped the billionaire live to a venerable age. The heart alone of the head of the Rockefeller house was transplanted six times. The first such operation was carried out in 1976, after a car accident. According to eyewitnesses, within a week the banker was jogging.
The last time Rockefeller's heart was transplanted was less than a month ago. The operation, which the surgeons performed right in the billionaire's residence, lasted six hours.
“Every time I get a new heart, it’s like a breath of life rolls through my body. I feel active and alive. I am often asked the question: how to live long? The answer is always the same: live a simple life, play with your children, enjoy everything you do,”says David Rockefeller.
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From private to captain
Despite belonging to an eminent and wealthy family, David Rockefeller did not escape participation in the war.
In the early 1940s, he entered the military as a private, and by 1945 he was promoted to captain. During the Second World War, the future billionaire served in North Africa and France. He worked in military intelligence.
Beetle collector
Judging by the fact that Rockefeller Sr.'s fortune looks rather modest in comparison with other wealthy residents of the Forbes list (for example, the capital of the Russian Roman Abramovich is estimated at $ 11 billion), David does not really like collecting money. The banker prefers to collect … insects.
According to media reports, the billionaire always carries a jar for the caught beetles with him. Its collection includes 40 thousand insects and is considered the largest in the world.
Philanthropist
David Rockefeller continues the tradition of philanthropy laid down by his grandfather John. With the money of the latter, the General Educational Council, the Medical Institute named after I. Rockefeller, UN headquarters in New York, and the Chicago Institute.
In 2008, David Rockefeller donated $ 100 million to Harvard University to expand liberal arts teaching and financially support overseas internships. This donation was the largest donation from a university graduate in the entire 370-year history of the university.
The total amount of Rockefeller's donations to the American media back in 2006 was estimated at no less than $ 900 million.
Birth control supporter
David Rockefeller often voices concerns about air pollution and the growing consumption of water and energy in the world. Therefore, the billionaire is in favor of limiting birth control on a global scale.
“The negative impact of human growth on all our planetary ecosystems is becoming terrifyingly obvious,” said Rockefeller Sr., urging the UN to find ways to stabilize the world's population …