A collection of John D. Rockefeller's letters to his son — revealing his personal philosophy of business, life, and philanthropy in his own voice.
Primary source access to Rockefeller's mind: the letters reveal a businessman who combined extraordinary operational focus with genuine religious conviction (Baptist), concern for his son's character formation, and explicit business philosophy. The collection is used in entrepreneurship culture as evidence that the greatest business builders thought systematically about the principles behind their decisions, not just the decisions themselves.
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