Shredder
Life Member
In 1923, who was:
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. Great Bear of Wall Street?
These men were considered some of the world's most successful of their day.
Now, 80 years later, the history book 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, avid hunter and
fisherman, and the winner of the most important golf tournament, the US
Open, wa! s Gene Sarazen.
What became of him?
He hunted until he was 90. He played golf until he was 92, and he went
fishing when he was 94. He died in 1999 at the age of 95. He was financially
secure at the time of his death.
The moral:
Screw work. Golf, Hunt, and Fish
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. Great Bear of Wall Street?
These men were considered some of the world's most successful of their day.
Now, 80 years later, the history book 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, avid hunter and
fisherman, and the winner of the most important golf tournament, the US
Open, wa! s Gene Sarazen.
What became of him?
He hunted until he was 90. He played golf until he was 92, and he went
fishing when he was 94. He died in 1999 at the age of 95. He was financially
secure at the time of his death.
The moral:
Screw work. Golf, Hunt, and Fish
