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What great Inspiration
Posted by: user42368 | Fri 2nd Mar 2007 09:11 | Last Reply
In case you haven't seen this before - I received it from our works golf society today - what a great thought for a Friday!
In 1923, Who Was:
1. President of the largest steel company?
2. President of the
largest gas company?
3. President of the New York Stock
Exchange?
4. Greatest wheat speculator?
5.
President of the Bank of International Settlement?
6. Great Bear
of Wall Street?
These men were considered some of the worlds
most successful of their days.
Now,80 years later,the history book
asks us, if we know what ultimately
became of
them.
The Answers:
1. The president of
the largest steel company. Charles Schwab, died a
pauper.
2. The president of the largest gas company, Edward
Hopson,went insane.
3. The president of the NYSE,Richard
Whitney, was released from prison to
die at home.
4. The
greatest wheat speculator,Arthur Cooger, died abroad, penniless.
5. The president of the Bank of International Settlement,shot
himself.
6. The Great Bear of Wall Street,Cosabee Livermore,
also committed
suicide.
However: in that same
year,1923, the PGA Champion and the winner of the
the US
Open, was Gene Sarazen.
What became of him?
He played
golf until he was 92,died in 1999 at the age of 95. He was financially
secure at the time of his death.
The Moral?
Screw
work.
Play golf.
