The Richest Woman you've never heard of... Hetty Green

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.  

Here's an interview with a writer who wrote a book about her- Charles Slack