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NicholeP

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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind."(Bernard M Baruch)


Bernard M Baruch was a Financier, Stock Investor, Philanthropist, Statesman, and Political Consultant. Baruch was a stock market tycoon. With his earnings and commissions, earned as a broker and partner with a stock brokerage firm, he bought a seat on the New York Stock exchange. Once there he made a fortune before he was 30 after which he opened his own brokerage firm. He developed a very respectful reputation and because he refused to join any financial house he became known as ‘The Lone Wolf of Wall Street’. He was one of Wall Street’s best-known financiers. After he Wall Street days he became a Presidential Adviser, advising Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt on matters of the nation’s economic status. One of Baruch’s side interests was horse racing. He owned a string of Thoroughbred racehorses.
 
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