A January of 2017 Smithsonian article by Kat Eschner placed the wealth of John D. Rockefeller as peaking at almost 900 million dollars in 1912. A little over a hundred years later, Elon Musk is the wealthiest American. How does the wealth of Musk compare to that of Rockefeller who is frequently presented as the wealthiest person in American history?
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