Henry Flagler (1830-1913) was a self-made millionaire and industrialist who co-founded the Standard Oil Company.

He masterminded the plan that transformed Standard Oil into the most successful monopoly of the nineteenth century.

During the second half of his life, he developed land and built railroads in Florida, establishing agriculture and tourism as the state's leading industries.

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