David Rockefeller

Rockefeller home on Maine’s Mount Desert Island to be razed

May 15, 2022 GMT

MOUNT DESERT, Maine (AP) — A billionaire is tearing down David Rockefeller Sr.'s home on Mount Desert Island to make way for something new.

Danaher Corporation co-founder Mitchell Rales bought the 14.8-acre Ringing Point property for $19 million in January 2018, a year after Rockefeller died at the age of 101.

David Rockefeller estate donates land to NY state preserve

January 11, 2019 GMT

POCANTICO HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — A nearly 350-acre parcel of land has been donated by the late billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller's estate to the state park reserve at his family's former property in New York City's northern suburbs...

Rockefeller treasures break record for single-owner auction

By VERENA DOBNIKMay 12, 2018 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Peggy and David Rockefeller's lavish artworks and other treasures set a new world record this week at a Christie's auction, topping $800 million as the priciest ever single-owner collection...

Guardian of Rockefeller fortune, philanthropy dies at 101

By DEEPTI HAJELAMarch 20, 2017 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — David Rockefeller was the last of his generation in a famous American family that taught its children that wealth brings great responsibility...