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Bernard M. Baruch

    Bernard Mannes Baruch, known as the "Park Bench Statesman," made his fortune on Wall Street, but his greatest challenge and satisfaction came from serving his country as an economic advisor during both World Wars and as a confidante to six presidents. He built his wealth through market speculation, experiencing both significant losses and remarkable comebacks throughout his life. Owning a vast plantation in South Carolina provided him a retreat where he valued privacy and tranquility. His expertise in the nation's economy and industrial resources made him an indispensable advisor to presidents.

    Baruch My Own Story
    • Baruch My Own Story

      • 340 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Bernard M. Baruch - one of the most remarkable men of our time - was an office boy at nineteen, a Wall Street partner at twenty-five, and a millionaire before he was thirty-five. For some men this success would mark the climax of a career; for Baruch it was only the beginning of a still greater one. In the fifty years since he made his first fortune, Bernard Baruch has been a trusted counselor of Presidents, an adviser on social and economic reforms, a statesman who has worked with two political parties and won the respect of both. In this, the first volume of his memoirs, Mr. Baruch analyzes his personal philosophy and shows how it helped him solve the many problems that confronted him in his public life as chairman of the War Industries Board during World War I and as United States representative on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. Informal yet penetrating, intimate yet never losing sight of major events and issues, BARUCH: My Own Story is infused with the remarkable personality of a truly distinguished American.

      Baruch My Own Story