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AF-1067: Nelson A. Rockefeller: The Billionaire Who Never Made It to the White House


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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was born into wealth so vast that most Americans in the early 20th century couldn’t comprehend it. Born on July 8, 1908, in Bar Harbor, Maine, his life began with a silver spoon—and possibly a silver platter. But behind the art collections, philanthropy, and power dinners at Pocantico Hills was a complex man with ambitions that extended far beyond the trappings of wealth. He wanted to be president. He tried several times. But despite a pedigree that read like royalty and a political resume that dwarfed many of his peers, he never entirely made it...

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