Standard Oil Standard Oil Standard Oil Co. Inc. was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 by John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refinery in the world of its time. Its history as one of the world's first and largest multinational corporations ended in 1911, when the United States Supreme Court, in a landmark case, ruled that Standard Oil was an illegal monopoly. Standard Oil dominated the oil products market initially through horizontal integration in the refining sector, then, in later years vertical integration; the company was
George Bishop (businessman) 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 Chief Executive Officer. Bishop is also the owner of the Eagleford Restaurant in Cuero, Texas, where he has a ranch, and is