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Charlie Munger Considered John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil the Greatest Company
“Charlie Munger believes that Rockefeller built the greatest company of all time.”
Standard Oil chartered third-party ships to maintain the illusion of competition
“Why would an oil company in such an advantageous position charter ships from an outsider rather than operating ships of its own? The illusion of competition and decentralization has to be maintained. The U S government still had laws on the books dating from t…”