Jesse lauriston rmore biography
- Jesse Lauriston Livermore (July 26, 1877 – November 28, 1940) was an American stock trader.
- Jesse Lauriston Livermore was one of the most famous traders of the XX century.
- Jesse Lauriston Livermore (July 26, 1877 – November 28, 1940) was an American stock trader.
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Jesse Livermore
BUSINESSPERSON
1877 - 1940
Jesse Livermore
Jesse Lauriston Livermore (July 26, 1877 – November 28, 1940) was an American stock trader. He is considered a pioneer of day trading and was the basis for the main character of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, a best-selling book by Edwin Lefèvre. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jesse Livermore has received more than 920,166 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jesse Livermore is the 220th most popular businessperson (down from 186th in 2019), the 2,486th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,023rd in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Jesse Livermore ranks 220 out of 847. Before him are Rinat Akhmetov, David Armstrong-Jon
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Jesse Livermore
American stock trader (1877–1940)
Jesse Livermore | |
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| Born | Jesse Lauriston Livermore (1877-07-26)July 26, 1877 Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | November 28, 1940(1940-11-28) (aged 63) New York City, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Suicide by gunshot |
| Other names | Boy Plunger The Wolf of Wall Street The Great Bear of Wall Street |
| Occupation(s) | Stock trader, Investor |
| Spouses | Nettie Jordan (m. 1900; div. 1917)Dorothea "Dorothy" Wendt (m. 1918; div. 1932)Harriet Metz Noble (m. 1933) |
| Children | 2 |
Jesse Lauriston Livermore (July 26, 1877 – November 28, 1940) was an American stock trader.[1] He is considered a pioneer of day trading[2] and was the basis for the main character of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, a best-selling book by Edwin Lefèvre. At one time, Livermore was one of the richest people in the world; however, at the time of his s
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Why Wall Street traders are obsessed with Jesse Livermore
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This is the man who inspired "the trader's bible": Jesse Lauriston Livermore, the mold for Edwin Lefevre's "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator."
Wall Street is obsessed with him.
Livermore led a life of brilliance and excess, surrounded by mistresses, scandals, money, and bankruptcy. He was a legendary trader who played big and made millions during the crash of 1929.
But by 1934, Livermore would have depleted the $100 million fortune he earned on the stock market just five years earlier. He declared a third bankruptcy, went through his second divorce, and committed suicide in 1940 — the newspapers then detailing his scandals rather than the achievements of his earlier days.
This is his life.
Quotes from Wiley's "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator" by Edwin Lefevre. Historical information from Tom Rubython's "Jesse Livermore — Boy Plunger: The
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