I love it when the richest people in the entire history of civilization tell me how much they are helping us!
By dollar value, maybe, but adjusted for inflation they aren't even close.
Rockefeller's wealth peaked at between $1 and $2 billion, according to the best records on him, including his biographies and records from the Rockefeller Archives. Inflation adjusting those numbers based on the 1890-1910 time frame in which the dollar was extremely stable for the most part, you get between $20 (20x$1b) and $60 (30x$2b) billion, depending on if you want to use the low ball on his wealth plus a low ball on the inflation adjustment vs the opposite end of the spectrum.
http://www.businessinsider.com/richest-people-in-history-201...