I owe this one completely to Joe at Heresy Financial YouTube channel, despite reading for 30 years about business and economics, I've never heard of Hetty Green. This is definitely a case of not being able to tell a book by its cover. This miserly woman, known as The Witch of Wall Street in her time, was also a secret philanthropist. It's just an inspiring story of being frugal, being smart, making a ton of money... and then using that money for a lot of good projects and to help others. If any of that sounds interesting to you, check out this video.
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