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Witch of Wall Street: World's Biggest Miser


Tue 25 Dec 2018 | 01:00 PM
Nawal Sayed

By Nawal Sayed

CAIRO, Dec. 25 (SEE) -Hetty Green, the millionaire

who was known for her frugality, dismissed her husband from their home in order

not to pay his debts and caused cutting off her child's leg.

Hetty was known was the witch of Wall Street. She

was born in Nov., 1834 and died in July, 1916. She was the richest woman in

America during the Gilded Age. She succeeded to combine between wealth and

miserliness.

She is categorized as one of the ten weirdest

Guinness Book of World Record holders, as the World's biggest miser, although

her wealth was estimated by nearly $ 7.5 million in 1965 (currently it's over $

4 billion.)

Her husband was once so rich before he lost his

fortune. Then, she kicked him out in order not to repay his debts.

Her son broke his leg and needed treatment, but

she preferred to treat him at home rather than going to a hospital and spend

some money. The result was that his leg was amputated.

Some claimed that her main dish was just eggs

and she had only one black dress. She never turned on the heat nor used hot

water. She did not wash her hands and rode an old carriage.

Here are the most interesting quotes Hetty

said;

"All you have to do is buy cheap and sell

dear, act with thrift and shrewdness, and be persistent."

"I advise women to invest in real estate.

It is the collateral to be preferred above all others, and the safest means of

investing money."

"I am proudest of in my whole business

life is that I do not take, that I never took in all my life, and never, never!

will take, one single penny more than 6% on any loan or any contract."