Denis Kelleher: Irish America Hall of Fame
Founder of Wall Street Access Denis Kelleher By April Drew, Contributor The Irish Immigrant who became a titan of Wall Street. Denis Kelleher, the son of a shoemaker, immigrated to New York in 1958, at age 18, with $1.50 in his pocket. He was in search of a better life and determined to provide for his widowed mother back home. In a matter of days the bright young Kerry man charmed his way into a job in Merrill Lynch. In less than a month he went from messenger boy to payroll clerk. Kelleher had excelled in math, economics and accounting at St. Brendan’s in Killarn...
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