Hetty Green was once the richest woman in the world, but also the most miserly. Dressed and lived almost like a beggar.
a child, Hetty Green learned the rudiments of the business of his father, who possessed a large fortune that Hetty inherited when he was 30. He invested the money and the time of his death owned about 100 million dollars (for those of that time). It was so skillful in handling the financial world who earned the nickname "The Witch of Wall Street."
a child, Hetty Green learned the rudiments of the business of his father, who possessed a large fortune that Hetty inherited when he was 30. He invested the money and the time of his death owned about 100 million dollars (for those of that time). It was so skillful in handling the financial world who earned the nickname "The Witch of Wall Street."
She married at age 33 with a millionaire named Edward Green, but made him sign a document by which he could not claim the money from it. When Green was ruined in a string of unfortunate business, Hetty divorced him and raised her two children in incredible conditions.
lived in small rooms in hotels miserable for not having to pay taxes on their properties. Used the same always dressed, and to save on soap, wash only the bottom, one that was kept in contact with the ground.
On one occasion, his son Ned suffered a knee injury and took him to a charity clinic. Unfortunately for Ned, the doctor recognized Hetty and demanded that she pay for the consultation. Hetty refused to do so, and personally attended to the child. Two years later, the leg had to be amputated.
lived in small rooms in hotels miserable for not having to pay taxes on their properties. Used the same always dressed, and to save on soap, wash only the bottom, one that was kept in contact with the ground.
On one occasion, his son Ned suffered a knee injury and took him to a charity clinic. Unfortunately for Ned, the doctor recognized Hetty and demanded that she pay for the consultation. Hetty refused to do so, and personally attended to the child. Two years later, the leg had to be amputated.
not want to pay the rent of an office, so I used to meet business contacts at the bank where he kept his money, threatening to withdraw their bankers accounts if not allowed to send there. Heated a bowl of oatmeal in the warmer place or eating a ham sandwich he had in one of the many pockets of her dress.
When I was 81, Hetty had a stroke when he discussed the price of milk and his son, Ned, hired nurses who wore ordinary clothes so that her mother did not realize they were nurses, they would have objected strictly to be spent on such things.
When I was 81, Hetty had a stroke when he discussed the price of milk and his son, Ned, hired nurses who wore ordinary clothes so that her mother did not realize they were nurses, they would have objected strictly to be spent on such things.
wife died in 1916 in West Palm Beach, Florida, at the age of 81. The report the judge said malnutrition as the cause of death. The woman weighed only 23 kg at the time of his death. Appeared to have had a hard life. Neighbors said they often came to the back doors of their homes to ask for food.
When police searched his house full of garbage, they found two keys. The police took the keys to a safe deposit box two local banks where they finally discovered that it was Hetty Green, who at that time was possessed of a fortune that, that became the richest woman in the United States.
After the death of Hetty Green, Ned inherited much of her mother's fortune and became a millionaire extravagant and wasteful to spend money to fists at parties, jewelry, yachts and diamonds.
His daughter Sylvia, was an unreasonable recluse who kept his millions of dollars in the bank without earning interest.
When police searched his house full of garbage, they found two keys. The police took the keys to a safe deposit box two local banks where they finally discovered that it was Hetty Green, who at that time was possessed of a fortune that, that became the richest woman in the United States.
After the death of Hetty Green, Ned inherited much of her mother's fortune and became a millionaire extravagant and wasteful to spend money to fists at parties, jewelry, yachts and diamonds.
His daughter Sylvia, was an unreasonable recluse who kept his millions of dollars in the bank without earning interest.
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