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    From Standard Oil's 1870 founding by John D. Rockefeller to its 1911 breakup and the eventual $73.7 billion reunion of Exxon and Mobil in 1999, discover the epic corporate saga behind one of the world's energy giants.

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    From Rockefeller to ExxonMobil

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