Tag: families

  • Biography: David and Nelson Rockefeller

    Biography: David and Nelson Rockefeller

    from PBS.org: Though the idea of the World Trade Center was first proposed in 1946, just after World War II, for nearly 15 years it would remain exactly that — an idea. When the concept did re-emerge in the late 1950s, it would begin to move with an all but unstoppable force, propelled above all…

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  • The Aristocrats of Swedish Business and the Order of the Seraphim

    The Aristocrats of Swedish Business and the Order of the Seraphim

    from redicecreations.com : The Swedish Wallenberg’s are like the equivalent to the United States Rockefeller’s or Europe’s Rothschild’s. Swedish National Broadcasting (SVT) has just run a three-part documentary about the Wallenberg’s, and it includes some interviews with the otherwise reserved family members. The series seems to have sparked some interest, so it might be convenient…

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