This
book chronicles old-time innovators like
Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing;
Hetty Green, the Street's first female stock
picker; T. Rowe Price, founder of one of the
largest mutual fund families; and Georges F.
Doriot, the driving force behind the first
publicly owned venture firm in the United
States.
Others
featured include such modern-day legends as Tom
Bailey, founder of Janus Funds; Marty Whitman,
value investor supreme and manager of the Third
Avenue Value Fund; and Muriel F. Siebert, the
first woman admitted to the New York Stock
Exchange.
Packed
with investing lessons, wisdom and even the
story of the swindle of the century, Forbes
Greatest Investing Stories makes an engrossing
read and a great gift for any investor or market
mogul.
