Rockefeller Center 🏛️✨

Rockefeller Center is a sprawling complex comprising 19 skyscrapers 🏙️🏢. Its construction began in 1930, marking it as one of the most ambitious private building projects in human history. At its peak, the Rockefeller family's wealth accounted for a staggering 2.4% of the entire United States GDP 💸📈. They're widely regarded as the wealthiest family in American, and even Western, history 🤑👑. By this standard, today's Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg (though I assume you meant "Bill Gates" as "Marx Bill Gates" doesn't exist 😅) pale in comparison. From rags to riches, John D. Rockefeller's life was rife with controversy 🤷‍♂️🔥. Yet, in 1904, the Rockefeller Foundation was established, focusing on education, health, and poverty alleviation 📚🏥💖. In 1917, Rockefeller purchased the Prince Gong Mansion in Beijing and founded Peking Union Medical College, along with Peking Union Medical College Hospital, funding its operations 🏥🏛️. Over the next three decades, Rockefeller invested a whopping 45,000,000—asumsovastthatin1930sChina,theentirecountry ′ sannualGDPwasonly20,000,000 😮💸. Most of this money was given to the Chinese people free of charge. The resulting Peking Union Medical College Hospital became a top-tier institution, influential not just in China but globally 🌍🏆. Today, while the exterior of Peking Union Medical College Hospital may not immediately evoke its Rockefeller origins, it remains the cradle of modern medical science in China 👶🔬. This cradle was shaped by a group of Americans who crossed the ocean a century ago, driven by selfless love, pure faith, and grand ideals that transcended national and racial boundaries 🌉💖. It's a heartwarming chapter in history 📖💞. #RockefellerCenter #NewYork #HistoricalLegacy 🗽🏛️💖