Rockefeller returned from the Olympics and spent the next six years with the Wall Street banking firm of Brown Bros. & Co.[2] He joined the National City Bank in New York in 1930 and was president from 1952 to 1959 and chairman from 1959 to 1967. He retired as chairman in 1967.[2][3] During his tenure, the bank merged with the smaller First National Bank and took the name The First National City Bank of New York.[citation needed]
Under each of his successors, the bank's name has changed: George S. Moore shortened it to "First National City Bank" and formed a holding company, First National City Corp. Under Walter B. Wriston these became "Citibank" (the bank's long-time nickname) and "Citicorp" respectively. Under John Reed the firm merged with Travelers Group to become Citigroup. During World War II, Rockefeller served in the Airborne Command.[2]
Personal life
On April 15, 1925, he married Nancy Carnegie, who died in 1994.[4] She was a granddaughter of Thomas M. Carnegie and grandniece of Andrew Carnegie. Nancy helped establish the Greenwich Maternal Health Center in 1935.[4] Together, they had four children:
James Stillman Rockefeller Jr., who was married to Liv Coucheron Torp (d. 1969), who had previously been married to Thor Heyerdahl.[5] He had previously been engaged to Margaret Wise Brown before her death.
Nancy Sherlock Rockefeller, who married Barclay McFadden Jr.[6] (d. 1973),[7][8] After his death, she married Daniel Noyes Copp (d. 2015)[9][10]
Andrew Carnegie Rockefeller, who married Jean Victoria Mackay[11]
Georgia Stillman Rockefeller, who married James Harden Rose[12]
Rockefeller lived in Greenwich, Connecticut, in a 19,000-square-foot (1,800 m2) brick Georgian mansion, built in 1929, with 11 bedrooms and 16 marble bathrooms on four levels. There are 12 fireplaces, an elevator, an outdoor pool and English gardens.[13] His house was sold in 2004 for $13.4 million and resold in 2009 for $23.9 million.[citation needed]
At the time of his death, Rockefeller had four children, fourteen grandchildren, thirty-seven great-grandchildren, and one great-great-granddaughter. Aged 102, he was America's oldest living Olympic champion, and the earliest living cover subject of Time magazine.[citation needed]
^ abcdefg"James S. Rockefeller, 102, Dies; Was a Banker and a '24 Olympian". New York Times. August 11, 2004. Retrieved September 16, 2012. James Stillman Rockefeller, who helped capture an Olympic rowing title for the United States before a banking career with a company that eventually become Citigroup, died yesterday at his home in Greenwich, Conn., his family announced. He was 102. ...
^Citigroup Company history – CitiBank – 1940–55
"Citi's - History". Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
^Davyd Foard Hood and Margaret Stephenson (August 1993). "Long Valley Farm"(PDF). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
children of John Davison Rockefeller III children of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller children of Laurance Spelman Rockefeller children of Winthrop Rockefeller children of David Rockefeller children of Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller
