David Rockefeller

American banker and philanthropist (1915–2017)

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Lived 1915–2017, aged 102United States

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United States rank#152
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#152
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1915–2017
Aged 102

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FatherJohn D. Rockefeller Jr.

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Updated 2026-05-29

Chase Manhattan's longtime boss who turned banking into a family business—literally. One of the last Rockefellers standing, he held the family fort until 2017.

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David Rockefeller was an American economist and investment banker who served as chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He was the oldest living member of the Rockefeller family from 2004 until his death in 2017. Rockefeller was the fifth son and youngest child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and a grandson of John D. Rockefeller and Laura Spelman Rockefeller.

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