[Outliers] Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street

Farnam Street

by Vicky

October 2, 2025

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, and weren’t even allowed on the stock exchange floor. She was a force that couldn’t be stopped. She bought entire towns, crushed railroad … The post [Outliers] Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street appeared first on Farnam Street.

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Originally published on Farnam Street on 10/2/2025