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Bernard Baruch

1870 - 1965

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Bernard Mannes Baruch (August 19, 1870 – June 20, 1965) was an American financier and statesman. After amassing a fortune on the New York Stock Exchange, he impressed President Woodrow Wilson by managing the nation's economic mobilization in World War I as chairman of the War Industries Board. He advised Wilson during the Paris Peace Conference. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Baruch has received more than 1,114,980 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Bernard Baruch is the 175th most popular businessperson (down from 122nd in 2019), the 1,912th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,373rd in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Businessperson.

Bernard Baruch was an American financier and presidential advisor. He is most famous for his role in the Treaty of Versailles, as the chairman of the United States War Industries Board during World War I, and for his role as a Wall Street speculator.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Bernard Baruch ranks 175 out of 847. Before him are Stanley Ho, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Jack Daniel, Thomas J. Watson, Axel Springer, and Johns Hopkins. After him are Lady Bird Johnson, Ted Turner, Martha Stewart, Isaac Carasso, Rebiya Kadeer, and Pierre Bergé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Bernard Baruch ranks 46. Before him are Princess Henriette of Belgium, Jan Smuts, François Georges-Picot, Jaime, Duke of Madrid, Lord Alfred Douglas, and Marianne Weber. After him are Gustav Landauer, Archduchess Louise of Austria, Kitaro Nishida, Michael Rostovtzeff, Ignacio Zuloaga, and Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel. Among people deceased in 1965, Bernard Baruch ranks 43. Before him are Clara Bow, Hans Knappertsbusch, Angelica Balabanoff, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, Aksel Sandemose, and Carl Oberg. After him are Henry A. Wallace, Chen Cheng, Hayato Ikeda, Jesse Douglas, Georges Gurvitch, and Herberts Cukurs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bernard Baruch ranks 1,912 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), John Dickson Carr (1906), Johns Hopkins (1795), Richard Rodgers (1902), Richard Sennett (1943), and Daryl Hannah (1960). After him are Elizabeth Bishop (1911), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Ben Shapiro (1984), Jeffery Deaver (1950), Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929), and Frank Stella (1936).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Bernard Baruch ranks 55. Before him are Henry Ford II (1917), Malcolm Glazer (1928), Johnny Kitagawa (1931), Jack Daniel (1850), Thomas J. Watson (1874), and Johns Hopkins (1795). After him are Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Ted Turner (1938), Martha Stewart (1941), Marissa Mayer (1975), Walter Chrysler (1875), and Larry Silverstein (1931).

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