Standard Oil larger company. Its successors such as ExxonMobil or Chevron are still among the companies with the largest income worldwide. By 1882, his top aide was John Dustin Archbold. After 1896, Rockefeller disengaged from business to concentrate on his philanthropy, leaving Archbold in control. Other notable Standard Oil principals include Henry Flagler, developer of the Florida East Coast Railway and resort cities, and Henry H. Rogers, who built the Virginian Railway. Standard Oil's pre-history began in 1863 as an Ohio partnership formed by industrialist John D. Rockefeller, his brother William Rockefeller, Henry Flagler, chemist Samuel Andrews, silent partner Stephen V. Harkness,
George Bishop (businessman) an owner of the River Ridge Golf Club to the west of Houston. Bishop is married and resides in The Woodlands, Texas. George Bishop (businessman) George H. Bishop (born 1937) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of GeoSouthern Energy, a petroleum and natural gas exploration company. He is ranked #324 on the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans and is ranked #814 on the list of the world's billionaires with a net worth of US$2.5 billion. Bishop was born in 1937. Bishop founded GeoSouthern Energy, an oil company. He serves as its