Biographies

Biographies of famous people in the field of finance.

Alan Greenspan

Every morning, Alan Greenspan wakes up in 5.30 and during 1.5 hours taking a bath and reading economic reports, thinks over the financial and economic problems of the country. For the post of Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Central Bank of the United States), the most influential body of the country's economic policy, Greenspan was appointed by President George W. Bush 20 June 2000 of the year, and for the fourth time. Alan Greenspan was born in March 1926 years in Brooklyn, near, which was called "Frankfurt on the Hudson", since many Jewish immigrants from Germany settled there. His father's parents, stock broker, were also from Germany. On the maternal side, his ancestors were immigrants from Poland. When Alan was 5 years, his parents divorced, and he was raised by his mother and her parents. His mother Rose, after the divorce, together with Alan, moved to her parents in a small 2-room apartment in a six-story building on the corner of Broadway and 163rd Street and went to work in a furniture store.. Sister Rose's family lived next to them. – Mary and her husband Jacob Halpert, which had two children – boy and girl. It was with them and with their father that young Alan spent most of his time.

Laura Pedersen (Laura Pedersen)

Laura Pedersen (Laura Pedersen) started working on Wall Street in 17 years; in 20 years she, By the way, was the youngest, which had its own place on the American Stock Exchange (her employer rented this place for her, since she did not pass the age to own it). Before reaching another 24 years, she did 1,5 million. Doll. Growing up on the outskirts of d. Buffalo, Pedersen is a born entrepreneur: at the age of six she was selling tomatoes from her mother's garden, played poker and bet on horses; asked for company shares at ten years old “Pepsi-Cola” as a birthday present; in 14 years went to New York on an excursion to the American Stock Exchange (АМЕХ). After her first boring semester at the University of Michigan, she dropped out.. “If I wanted to be a movie star, – she reflected, – I think, I would head west, to Hollywood; and since I was only striving to make a fortune, I flew east, on Wall Street”. In January 1984 Pedersen began working as a clerk, Earning 120 Doll. in Week. She has worked for several companies, before settling in “Spear Leeds Kellogg / Investor Company” as a secretary of traders. When traders went for a smoke break, she briefly replaced them. It was the world, full of obscene language and vulgar gestures. As Pedersen said: “Four years, three …

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Лео Меламед (Leo Melamed)

One of the most powerful figures in the financial world – Лео Меламед (Leo Melamed) – revolutionized futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. However, like his fellow financial genius George Soros, Melamed first had to take an amazing journey, which included eluding the Nazis and Russians, to get to the United States. IN 1939 year he and his family fled from Poland to Lithuania, but, when they got there, they needed a transit visa, to continue the journey. “Even my philosophical father, – told Melamed, – could not explain, how you can reduce a person's life to waiting in line for a piece of paper, which could mean the difference between life and death”. Crossing Siberia by train, young Melamed learned his first lesson in strategy – stay calm and focused under fire – because, to his amazement, father plunged into chess, obviously, oblivious to the chaos around him.

Robert T Kiosaki

Robert T Kiosaki (English. Robert Toru Kiyosaki/Yap., genus. 8 April 1947 of the year) - American entrepreneur, investor, writer and teacher. Known as the author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad ", Cash Flow Quadrant, "Rich Dad's Guide to Investing", New York Times bestsellers, Business Week and the Wall Street Journal. Also created an educational board game "Cash Flow 101", whose purpose is to help people learn financial strategies. In partnership with Sharon L. Lecturer, who helped him write books, founded the Rich Dad`s Organization, dedicated to improving the financial literacy of people. Robert Kiyosaki comes from a family of educators. His father was the Minister of Education for the State of Hawaii (USA). Kiyosaki is the fourth generation of Japanese, migrated to America. After high school, Robert was educated in New York. Upon graduation, he joined the US Marine Corps and went to serve in the US Navy in Vietnam as an officer and pilot of an attack helicopter..

George Soros (George Soros)

Native of Hungary, George Soros learned all his survival instincts from his father during the German occupation in World War II.. They were Jews., so my father took out false documents and found places, where can you hide. It was a man, worthy of respect; in World War I, he was captured by the Russians and subsequently escaped from prison. Soros's conclusion: “Obedience has become a dangerous addiction; to survive, need to bypass the law”. And he himself confesses, what does not accept the rules, superimposed by others. He was accused of going beyond fair play in trading and stocks, and currencies. Constrained by the communist regime, established after World War II, Soros in 1947 left for the UK, where he studied at the London School of Economics. After working for a while as a traveling salesman, he found a job at a financial institution. Although Soros gained some arbitration experience, he mostly did boring office work, did not shine and, with the blessing of the company, Left. New York became his target, but he couldn't get a work visa, because I was too young, to be a specialist in any field. This was a requirement to enter the United States.. Therefore he “bypassed” the law and got myself an official certificate, which asserted, that arbitration experts should be young, because they die young; and the government let him in.

Victor Niederhoffer (Victor Niederhoffer)

In April 2006 of the year Victor Niederhoffer (Victor Niederhoffer) appeared at an evening at New York's St. Regis, where about 300 America's leading fund managers. Walking under the gilded candelabra in a lavender blazer, he felt, that again rose to the top of success. 1980-90s. Niederhoffer has built himself a huge fortune and a reputation as one of the most prominent hedge fund managers in the United States.. But he was ruined by an excessive love of risk.: before the Asian financial crisis, he played for the rise in Thai stocks, and during the crisis - to increase the Standard index&Poor’s 500, using uncovered options on the index. When the markets crashed, Niederhoffer lost everything overnight - $ 130 million fund and almost all of his own savings. It seemed, life dealt him a crushing blow, however, he managed to overcome the path up the second time. Speaking to financiers, honoring him in St. Regis, Niederhoffer stressed, how highly he appreciates the “difficult and courageous” decision to reward him after, how it crashed once.

Steve Neeson (Steve Nison)

Steve Neeson, President of Nison Research International, Inc. (NRI), was the first, who discovered the Japanese method of technical analysis, known as "candlestick charts", for the West. He is an internationally recognized authority in the field., revolutionized technical analysis in the USA and Europe by applying these methods. He is the author of two popular books.: "Japanese Candlesticks" and "Beyond Japanese Candlesticks". He advises all over the world, including the Federal Reserve and World Bank. At NRI, Mr. Neeson specializes in webinars and consulting services to organizations. Detecting Early Reversal Signals With Japanese Candlesticks A prudent person has more than one bowstring for his bow.. ( Japanese proverb) Analysis of Japanese candlestick charts has this name, because its lines resemble candles. Used by generations of people in East Asia. Such graphs were in use long before columnar histograms or "tic-tac-toe", but were practically unknown to the Western world before, how I introduced them into use in 1990 year. This charting technique is now used internationally by many traders., investors and well-known financial institutions.

The richest people in history

John Rockefeller has spoken more than once, that he has two dreams - to earn 100 thousands of dollars and live to 100 years. He died, not having lived 2 months before his 98 Birthday. But Rockefeller coped with the first task with a bang. Andrew Carnegie built the largest steel company, dealing with railway rails and some other less significant areas. His condition in 68 years was $298.3 billion. Nicholas II (Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov) - Last Russian Tsar. He ruled the Empire with 1894 years of revolution 1917, committed by the Bolsheviks. He inherited all his fortune.. Aged 49 his condition was assessed in $235 billion.

Ingeborga Mootz – Lonely pensioner

Ingeborga Mootz is almost a typical German pensioner. Her 83 of the year, she lives in the tiny town of Giessen, in a small apartment, furnished with old-fashioned furniture. She has blackcurrant juice in the fridge., and yellowed photographs of deceased or departed relatives hang on the walls. The perfect portrait of the average German woman of her age, if not for one "but". Ms. Mootz is one of Germany's most successful private stock speculators. For eight years, a lonely pensioner managed to make money on the stock exchange 500 thousands of euros and is not going to stop there. Today it is very popular in Germany, though, certainly, not so, as legendary investor Warren Buffett in the US. She wrote a book., Lectures, gives interviews and teaches pensioners, how to make money in the stock market.

Cynthia Case (Cynthia Kase)

Trader and consultant Cynthia Case (Cynthia Kase) relies on a set of technical indicators, which she independently developed for her trading signals. The case makes decisions solely on these technical indicators and does not rely at all on basic analysis.. She first got acquainted with trading in August. 1983 of the year, when the management of Standard Oil of California – company, where she worked at the time, transferred her to the trading department as part of the management training program. Having a specialty of a chemical technologist, Case brought new perspectives to the practice of trading. "In 1983 two things happened, important and interesting in oil trading, Case says.. –In 1983 year there was a contract for crude oil, and the personal computer has finally made its way into business. I persuaded them to put the computer in the room., where did the trading come from?. For a trader in the early '80s, I was very computer literate., because I had a technical background.".

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