Financier Hetty Green was the “Queen of Wall Street”, but her penny-pinching was so extreme, she once refused to pay for a medical operation—and came up with a ghastly “home remedy” instead.
Ferrari infamously kept a secret love child, yet few know about his real secret. The one that would have truly destroyed his life.
Cornelius Vanderbilt's shrewd and ruthless business practices turned him into someone respected, feared, and sometimes hated—even by his family.
Michael has been the most popular male name for over 40 years. However, Billy hasn't even cracked the top 1000 since 2019. What other baby names were parents all using years ago that have fallen by the wayside?
When John Jacob Astor VI asked for his share of the family fortune, his brother refused—but no one could have foreseen that this would trigger the downfall of the entire Astor family.
"I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act."Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and philanthropist extraordinaire, is one of the most fascinating and...
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