About
Entrepreneur best known as the founder of Standard Oil and for helping to develop what came to be known as the Florida East Coast Railway.
Before Fame
He worked for Lamon G. Harkness and Company, owned by his uncle, where he made a salary of five dollars per month.
Trivia
He also founded the city of Palm Beach, Florida.
Family Life
He had children named Jennie, Carrie and Harry.
Associated With
He was the founder of Standard Oil, of which William Merriam Burton was President from 1918-1927.
