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Hetty Green

1834 - 1916

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Hetty Green (November 21, 1834 – July 3, 1916), nicknamed the Witch of Wall Street, was an American businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age. She was known for her wealth and was named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "greatest miser", which meant that even when being incredibly rich, she was a renowned cheapskate, as she refused to buy expensive clothes or pay for hot water, and wore a single dress that was only washed when it was worn out. She amassed a fortune as a financier when other major financiers were men. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hetty Green has received more than 609,937 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Hetty Green is the 198th most popular businessperson, the 2,463rd most popular biography from United States and the 67th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 610k

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  • 65.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Hetty Green ranks 198 out of 604. Before her are Al-Waleed bin Talal, Rex Tillerson, Theo Albrecht, Friedrich Bayer, Karl Baedeker, and Umberto Agnelli. After her are Mike Markkula, Bill Hewlett, Ivar Kreuger, Fredrik Idestam, Edsel Ford, and Piero Ferrari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Hetty Green ranks 27. Before her are Kondō Isami, John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Viktor Hartmann, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Gaston Planté, and Infanta Amalia of Spain. After her are Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, William Chester Minor, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Gustav Nachtigal, and Heinrich von Treitschke. Among people deceased in 1916, Hetty Green ranks 60. Before her are Joseph Gallieni, Isa Boletini, Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, Herbert Kilpin, Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, and Thibaw Min. After her are Nedeljko Čabrinović, Fredrik Idestam, August Leskien, Huang Xing, William Foulke, and James Connolly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hetty Green ranks 2,463 out of 15,968. Before her are Ben Webster (1909), James Heckman (1944), Bill Viola (1951), Nicholas Murray Butler (1862), James Levine (1943), and William H. Seward (1801). After her are Charles Whitman (1941), Paul H. O'Neill (1935), Mike Markkula (1942), Will Ferrell (1967), Bill Hewlett (1913), and Fred Ward (1942).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Hetty Green ranks 67. Before her are Chris Gardner (1954), George Gallup (1901), King C. Gillette (1855), Steve Fossett (1944), Malcolm Glazer (1928), and Rex Tillerson (1952). After her are Mike Markkula (1942), Bill Hewlett (1913), Edsel Ford (1893), Robert Monroe (1915), John Sculley (1939), and David Koch (1940).

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