Standard Oil
also referred to as: the standard oil company
16 statements across 2 episodes · 6 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 25, 2025 by Shane Parrish · said 118 times in 5 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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2026 113 mentions in 1 episode
2025 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
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Feb 25, 2025 bullish
Parrish: The Mellons Controlled 10% of US Oil Exports in 1894
“By 1894, they controlled 10% of America's oil exports, prompting Andrew to confidently tell one associate, we have every facility possessed by the Standard Oil Company and receive and deliver oil under as favorable conditions in every way.”
Jul 28, 2026 positive
Jul 28, 2026
Parrish: Rockefeller installed home telegraph to spend afternoons with family
“He had a telegraph wire run between his office and his house so he could spend three or four afternoons a week at home, Planting trees and playing with his kids, all the while he kept one of the largest companies on earth humming along down the road.”
Jul 28, 2026 positive
Jul 28, 2026 positive
Jul 28, 2026 negative
Jul 28, 2026
Parrish: Rockefeller Jr. distributed over $1B after leaving Standard Oil in 1910
“In 1910, Junior made his decision and resigned from the board of Standard Oil and stepped away from the business side for good. His real life's work would be the other machine, the giving one. Over the next half century, he moved more than a billion dollars of…”
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Rockefeller: Desperate Competitors Ignorant of Their Costs Are the Most Dangerous
“It is to be remembered that oftentimes the most difficult competition comes not from the strong, intelligent, conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids, is ignorant of his costs, and anyway has got to keep running or bust.”
Jul 28, 2026
Jul 28, 2026 positive
Standard Oil Secretly Retained Acquired Brands to Evade Scrutiny and Accelerate Rollups
“Not only do I think that was a key to how quickly and fast they rolled everything up, but it probably enabled them to keep going a lot longer than they otherwise would have, because it took so long to figure out what was going on.”
Jul 28, 2026
Jul 28, 2026 bullish