1834 - 1916
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 named by the Guinness Book of World Records the "greatest miser". Despite her wealth, she was a renowned cheapskate, refusing to buy expensive clothes or pay for hot water, and wearing a single dress that was only replaced when it was worn out. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hetty Green has received more than 771,131 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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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.
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 192
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 193
1922 - 2010
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 194
1825 - 1880
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 195
1801 - 1859
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 196
1934 - 2004
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 197
1834 - 1916
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 198
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 199
1913 - 2001
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 200
1880 - 1932
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 201
1838 - 1916
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 202
1893 - 1943
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 203
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 204
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.
1834 - 1868
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 21
1834 - 1902
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 22
1834 - 1873
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 23
1834 - 1861
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 24
1834 - 1889
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 25
1834 - 1905
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 26
1834 - 1916
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 27
1834 - 1901
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 28
1834 - 1913
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 29
1834 - 1920
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 30
1834 - 1906
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 31
1834 - 1885
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 32
1834 - 1896
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 33
1849 - 1916
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 54
1864 - 1916
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 55
1833 - 1916
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 56
1870 - 1916
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 57
1835 - 1916
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 58
1859 - 1916
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 59
1834 - 1916
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 60
1895 - 1916
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 61
1838 - 1916
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 62
1840 - 1916
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 63
1874 - 1916
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 64
1874 - 1916
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 65
1868 - 1916
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 66
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).
1909 - 1973
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 2,457
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 2,458
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 2,459
1862 - 1947
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 2,460
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 2,461
1801 - 1872
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 2,462
1834 - 1916
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 2,463
1941 - 1966
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 2,464
1935 - 2020
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 2,465
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 2,466
1967 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 2,467
1913 - 2001
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 2,468
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 2,469
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).
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 61
1901 - 1984
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 62
1855 - 1932
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 63
1944 - 2007
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 64
1928 - 2014
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 65
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 66
1834 - 1916
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 67
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 68
1913 - 2001
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 69
1893 - 1943
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 70
1915 - 1995
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 71
1939 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 72
1940 - 2019
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 73