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Hetty Green: Witch Of Wall Street Or Feminine Finance Icon?
Hetty single-handedly accumulated somewhere between $100 to $200 million or $2 to $5 billion today. SHARE ON: Photos courtesy of Library of Congress
A woman of both surly demeanor and stock market savvy, Hetty Green rose to the top of the male-dominated world of finance to amass a fortune worth as much as $3.8 billion today, making her the wealthiest woman of the Gilded Age.
Hetty’s staunch frugality and questionable hygiene inspired the nickname “Witch of Wall Street.” Still, many others were inspired by her fierce independence and astonishing success, opting for the label “Queen of Wall Street,” instead.