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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 worlds most successful of their 
days.  

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 Hobson, 

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 
and the winner of the most important golf tournament,  
the US Open, 
was 


Gene  Sarazen.

What  became of him? 

He played golf until he was 92,  died in 1999 at the age of 95. He was 
financially secure at the time of his  death. 

The  Moral:

F*** work.  
Play golf. 
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