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    Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street [Outliers]

    The Knowledge Project · Oct 7, 2025 · 47 min

    Hetty Green was the richest woman you've never heard of. In the late 1800s, she built a fortune worth billions today in a world designed to stop her. Women couldn't vote, couldn't own property in most states, and were banned from the New York Stock Exchange floor entirely. She was a force that couldn't be stopped. She bought entire towns, crushed railroad barons, and became the lender of last…

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