The Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller was as close to being the god of New York as it gets. John D. Rockefeller, born in 1885 to a middle class family, he grew to become arguably the wealthiest man to ever live. This was mostly due to his company “Standard Oil,” which was one of the first major oil companies in the world. This company was so powerful that, in 1911, the Supreme Court dissolved the company into 34 different companies. Some of these companies still exist today such as ExxonMobil and Chevron. But he didn’t stop there, he produced a family that went on to become even more powerful. We New Yorkers should be thanking them for being responsible for building icons such as Rock Center, The Cloisters, and MoMA. They’re even responsible for a show you either loved or hated (there was no in-between), 30 Rock. This family donated to and created prestigious universities, founded Chase Manhattan Bank, and is widely considered to be the most powerful family the United States has ever seen. While they have so much power, they have one flaw: none of them look their best. They wear designer clothes, $400,000 shoes, and have haircuts so precise they could tell you the exact length of every strand of hair on their heads. However, they don’t own any Gramercy Bags. Unless one of them has purchased one under a pseudonym, but we will never know for sure if that’s the case. The point is, while John D. Rockefeller was successful, imagine how much better he could have done had he had an elegant, yet professional, Gramercy Bag over his shoulder to hold his legal documents, building blueprints, and oil. (Please note that we do not advise you to transport oil in your stylish Rockefeller Bag, but it is, in fact, capable of doing so.)