Hetty Green: The 'witch' of Wall Street
Hetty Green was America鈥檚 richest woman, but was renowned as the nation鈥檚 biggest miser. She built her investment fortune in an era before women could even vote.
Hetty Green was America鈥檚 richest woman, but was renowned as the nation鈥檚 biggest miser. But she built her investment fortune in an era before women could even vote.
Journalist Zing Tsjeng and 成人快手 business editor Simon Jack tell the forgotten story of a woman guided by Quakerism who loaned money to New York City when it was in financial peril. She also pioneered the concept of 鈥榲alue investment鈥�, decades before the theory was taught in economics classes.
In this special mini-season 鈥� Good Bad Dead Billionaire 鈥� the podcast that explores the lives of the super-rich and famous focuses on five pioneers of American industry. Unravelling tales of fortune, power, economics, ambition and moral responsibility, it asks you to decide: are they good, bad, or just another billionaire?
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