US Billionaire, David Rockerfeller, Dies After Seven Heart Transplants

Former Chase Manhattan Chief Executive, David Rockefeller, is dead. He died at the age of 101.
Rockefeller died in his sleep at home in Pocantico Hills, New York, on Monday, 20/03/2017, as a result of congestive heart failure, according to a family spokesperson Fraser P. Seitel.

Rockerfeller, who had an estimated fortune of $3 billion, retired as head of Chase Manhattan in 1981 after a 35-year career.

In the statement from the The Rockefeller Foundation confirming his death, Rockefeller was described as “one of the most influential figures in the history of American philanthropy and finance, considered by many to be ‘America's last great international business statesman’.”

Rockefeller, also known as ‘the banker’s banker’, according to the statement, is said to have donated almost $2 billion over his lifetime to various institutions including Rockefeller University, Harvard University and art museum.

David was the youngest of six children born to John D. Rockefeller Jr. and the grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.

Rockefeller graduated from Harvard in 1936 and received a doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago in 1940. Appointed president of Chase Manhattan in 1961, he became chairman and CEO eight years later.

Rockefeller was married to Margaret McGrath from 1940 until her death in 1996 and the couple had six children.

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