hetty the genius and madness of america's first female tycoon

1 2005 by Charles Slack (Author) 147 ratings Kindle Edition 11.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 46.79 11 Used from 13.78 3 New from 46.72 Paperback 17.64 28 Used from 4.79 15 New from 17. Slack doesn't try to find a moral here he just concentrates on telling a good story and telling it well. Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon Paperback Illustrated, Nov. Hetty: The Genius and Madness of Americas First Female Tycoon Author Charles Slack Edition illustrated Publisher HarperCollins, 2004 ISBN 006054256X, 9780060542566 Length 272 pages Subjects. Her children, though, may have been less at ease: Hetty's daughter, who long lived in Hetty's shadow, had the family mansion demolished after Hetty died, and her son made his mark as a big spender. But Slack demonstrates otherwise, arguing that Hetty was perfectly content and was merely living according to her own rules. Morgan called a meeting of New Yorks financial leaders after the stock market crash of 1907, Hetty Green was the only woman in the room. Stubborn and vindictive, Hetty exacted harsh revenge on her financial enemies, and popular opinion held that such a woman couldn't possibly be happy. In his entertaining biography, Slack (Noble Obsession) tells how this 'Wizard of Finance' built an empire of stocks, bonds, railroads, real estate and cash reserves a considerable achievement for a woman of her time by devoting every waking moment to making money according to simple principles: buy low, sell high and don't go to pieces in a panic.

Perhaps unfairly, however, she is remembered primarily as a mean, litigious and compulsive tightwad who bought bags of broken cookies because they were cheap and who posed as a pauper so doctors would treat her free of charge. The Guinness Book of World Records memorialized her as the Worlds Greatest Miser, and, indeed, this unlikely robber baron - who parlayed a comfortable inheritance into a fortune that was worth about 1. At the time of her death, Hetty Green (1834 1916) was the wealthiest woman in America, having amassed a $100-million fortune. Morgan called a meeting of New Yorks financial leaders after the stock market crash of 1907, Hetty Green was the only woman in the room.

Hetty the genius and madness of america's first female tycoon