Rockefeller was such a paradox, with a deep commitment to his Christian faith and charity yet with the driving force to achieve his business objectives. Growing up with an unreliable, dissolute father, young John fed his mother and siblings by working a smallholding where he learned a vital lesson. He could grow a business by borrowing money and making it work for him.When he saw the opportunity presented by oil, he sprung into action, speedily enacted his strategic planning by A) borrowing money, and B) establishing a three-man control group including himself. Moving swiftly his group recruited more high performing managers then used them to expand the growing corporation often by buying competitorsConscious that overproduction could cause a glut and an unstable market he sought a balan