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Although some states made it illegal for one company to own stock in another, John D. Rockefeller’s organization of a trust enabled Standard Oil to buy up competing companies.
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Rockefeller and his partners created the Standard Oil Trust (1882), where shareholders transferred stock to trustees (including Rockefeller), allowing centralized control of many companies and effectively circumventing laws that restricted one corporation from owning stock in others.
Rockefeller and his partners created the Standard Oil Trust (1882), where shareholders transferred stock to trustees (including Rockefeller), allowing centralized control of many companies and effectively circumventing laws that restricted one corporation from owning stock in others.
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