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Episode: 人稱為華爾街之巫的Hetty Green 總是習慣一身黑出入, 她過著極度簡樸的生活, 但她在當時可是全球最富有的女性!
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At the age of eighty, Hetty Green lived like a pauper in an unheated apartment. To save the cost of heating her food, she ate only cold eggs and onions. In order to save more money, Hetty wore newspapers instead of underwear. She had only the bottoms of her dresses cleaned. A very poor person, you say? No, Hetty was one of America’s richest women.
Hetty Green was born in 1835, in a rich section of Bellow Falls, Vermont. When her father died, she was left a large fortune. She took all of her money and invested i...