A look at today's billionaires a century after Rockefeller became the first

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On Sept. 29, 1916, it was front page news that a surge in Standard Oil's stock price likely made oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller America's first billionaire.
More than a century later, the United States is home to hundreds of billionaires whose fortunes increasingly come from technology…

This story appeared on cbsnews.com, 2025-09-29 16:44:40.
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