Who are the four men in this article? An oil-magnate (John D. Rockefeller), the world’s greatest inventor (Thomas A. Edison), a banker (Frank A. Vanderlip), the “world’s worst salesman” (F. W. Woolworth) and, of course, the author of “Think and Grow Rich” (Napoleon Hill) – check the sidebar for your free ebook.
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In the author’s preface of “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill lists almost 50 entrepreneurs, politicians, self-made millionaires who knew and applied the eternal laws of success. This is the fifth part of the series Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich”.
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7
John D. Rockefeller, 1885
JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER (* July 8, 1839 in Richford, New York; † May 23, 1937 in Ormond Beach, Florida) was an American entrepreneur, oil-magnate and major philanthropist. He was co-founder of an oil refinery, predecessor of the Standard Oil Company that was founded in 1870. Standard Oil Company was one of the world’s largest oil refiner. It also was one of the world’s first and largest multinational corporations. By 1911 the trust was broken up by the United States Supreme Court and split into 34 companies. John D. Rockefeller was the richest man of his time and perhaps the richest man in history. His net worth in 2007 numbers was 663.4 billion US$. John D. Rockefeller was a major philanthropist. He mainly used his vast fortune to establish several foundations (“to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world”), colleges, universities (University of Chicago, Rockefeller Universitiy), museums, hospitals and to support national parks, educational institutes and churches.
Napoleon Hill mentions John D. Rockefeller two times in “Think and Grow Rich”. In the list and in chapter 9 “Persistence”.
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”
John D. Rockefeller
Thomas Alva Edison
THOMAS ALVA EDISON (* February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio; † October 1931 in West Orange, New Jersey) was an American inventor and businessman. He can be considered as the greatest inventor in human history. His inventions have influenced life around the world in many aspects. Thomas A. Edison has made several groundbreaking inventions in the fields of electricity, electrical engineering, telecommunications and audio-visual media. Among Edison’s multitudinous inventions (1.093 patents in his name in the United States alone) were the phonograph, a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb, a stock ticker, a mechanical vote recorder, a battery for an electric car, electrical power, recorded music and motion pictures and the motion picture camera. Edison and his companies Edison Electric Light Co and Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York (By 1901: New York Edison Company) managed the electrification of New York City. He also was co-founder of the General Electric Company.
Thomas A. Edison is being mentioned several times in “Think and Grow Rich”. One amazing passage in the text is: “Mr. Edison tried out more than 10,000 different combinations of ideas through the synthetic faculty of his imagination before he “tuned in” through the creative faculty, and got the answer which perfected the incandescent light.”
“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.”
Thomas A. Edison
Frank A. Vanderlip
FRANK ARTHUR VANDERLIP (* November 17, 1864 in Aurora, Illinois; † June 30, 1937) was an American financier. From 1897 to1901 he was Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury in President McKinley’s administration. Frank A. Vanderlip was director, trustee, founder or player of the following corporations or institutions: National City Bank (vice president and president), Nation Bank of Commerce, Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company of New York, Riggs National Bank of Washington, Union Pacific Railroad, United States Realty and Improvement Co., Consolidated Gas Company, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Trustee). Frank A. Vanderlip was is active in the work of the Chamber of Commerce, The Merchants Association, the Economic Club and the Academy of Political Science. He was the president of the Sleepy Hollow Country Club at Scarborough and was a member of the Metropolitan, The Century, the City and Union League clubs of New York, and other organizations in New York, Washington, and Chicago.
Frank A. Vanderlip is part of the list of wealthy men in the author’s preface of Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”.
“I want no men around me who have not the knack of making friends.”
Frank A. Vanderlip
F. W. Woolworth
FRANK WINFIELD WOOLWORTH (* April 13, 1852 in Rodman, New York; April 8, 1919 in Glen Cove, New York) was an American entrepreneur and founder of F. W. Woolworth Company (now Foot Locker). At the age of 21, F. W. Woolworth started working as a merchant. By 1879, Woolworth founded his first five-cent store in Utica, New York with US$ 300.- he had borrowed. The shop was no success and failed within weeks. But F. W. Woolworth did not give up and established his second store only two months later, which was a great success. During the next years F. W. Woolworth and his brother Charles Sumner Woolworth established hundreds of five-and-ten-cent stores all over the country. In 1911, 586 Woolworth stores were united in the F. W. Woolworth Company. When Frank W. Woolworth died 8 years later in 1919, the F. W. Woolworth Company owned more than 1,000 stores in the United States and other countries.
F.W. Woolworth is being mentioned three times by Napoleon Hill in “Think and Grow Rich”. For example: “Woolworth’s Five and Ten Cent Store idea, for example, had far less merit, but it piled up a fortune for its creator.” (in chapter 5 – Specialized Knowledge)
“I am the world’s worst salesman, therefore, I must make it easy for people to buy.”
F. W. Woolworth
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7
Napoleon Hill has interviewed over 500 men like the ones above for his books “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons” and “Think and Grow Rich”. Read “Think and Grow Rich” now and get your free ebook edition in the sidebar on the right.
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