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Musk Is the World’s First Trillionaire. Who Was the First Billionaire?

Musk Is the World’s First Trillionaire. Who Was the First Billionaire?
NYT Business Saturday 13 June 2026, 00:20 UTC By John S.W. MacDonald 1 min read
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John D. Rockefeller Sr., in Lakewood, N.J., in 1933. Rockefeller, the Gilded Age oil baron, became a billionaire in 1916.

John D. Rockefeller Sr., in Lakewood, N.J., in 1933. Rockefeller, the Gilded Age oil baron, became a billionaire in 1916.
John D. Rockefeller Sr. (PERSON) Lakewood (LOCATION) N.J. (LOCATION) Rockefeller (ORG)
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