Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

Chernow portrays Rockefeller as both ruthless and disciplined, exploring how modern scale, finance, philanthropy, and public suspicion grew together in American capitalism.

What stuck

• Scale can look like genius, domination, or both, depending on where you stand.
• Modern capitalism was built by people who were disciplined, relentless, and often hard to separate from their methods.