1923

In 1923: Who was the :

1. President of the largest steel company?

2. President of the largest gas company?

 

3. President of the New York stock Exchange?

 

4. Greatest wheat speculator?

 

5. President of the Bank of International Settlement?

 

6. The Great Bear of Wall Street?

 

These men were considered some of the world’s most successful of their days..

 

Now, 82 years later, the history asks us, if we know what ultimately became of them..

 

The Answers:

 

1. The president of the largest steel company. 
Charles Schwab, 
died a pauper. 


2. The president of the largest gas company, 
Edward Hopson, 
went insane. 

3. The president of the NYSE, 
Richard Whitney, 
was released from prison 
to die at home. 

4. The greatest wheat speculator, 
Arthur Cooger, 
died abroad, penniless. 

5. The president of 
the Bank of International Settlement, 
shot himself. 

6 The Great Bear of Wall Street, 
Cosabee Livermore, 
also committed suicide

 

However!!!

 

In that same year,

 

1923,

 

the PGA Champion 
and the winner of the most important

golf tournament, 
the US Open, 
was 
Gene Sarazen.
What became of him? 
He played golf until he was 92, 
died in 1999 at the age of 95. 
He was financially secure 
at the time of his death. 
The Moral:
Screw work!

 

Play golf.

Thanks Ivan