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Harriet Sylvia Ann Howland Robinson Green was born in London, England on January 7, 1871. Although named Harriet after her mother, she was known as Sylvia throughout her lifetime. She was the daughter of Hetty Howland (née Robinson) Green and Edward Henry Green. Her only sibling was a brother, businessman Edward Howland Robinson Green.
Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green (November 21, 1834 – July 3, 1916) [1] was an American businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age. Those who knew her well referred to her admiringly as the " Queen of Wall Street " due to her willingness to lend freely and at reasonable interest rates to ...
She was the only daughter of financier Hetty Howland Robinson, known as "the world's richest woman," and Edward Henry Green. [18] Sylvia was the sister of businessman Edward Howland Robinson Green and the grandniece of Sylvia Ann Howland. [18] [19] Wilks died on July 9, 1926, at his home, 7 West 81st Street in New York City. [1]
Hetty Green isn’t a name you hear a lot these days—but it should be. The whaling heiress turned investing guru was making millions and dishing out sage advice on Wall Street decades before the ...
And it wasn’t the first time she had offered her support, according to the 1930 book titled The Witch of Wall Street: Hetty Green. Months before the panic, she gave a $4.5 million loan to the ...
The whaling heiress turned investing legend Hetty Green, born in 1834, earned her title as the “Witch of Wall Street” later in life by parading around in this unusual style—and media ...
Edward Howland Robinson Green (August 22, 1868 – June 8, 1936), also known as Colonel Green, was an American businessman, the only son of financier Hetty Green (the "Witch of Wall Street"). In the late 19th century, he became a political ally in the Republican Party of William Madison McDonald , a prominent African-American politician.
Green's son, Edward Howland Robinson Green, was a victim of Hetty's obsession with hoarding money, which led her to deprive Edward of basic necessities, including proper medical care. When he was ...