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Jesse Livermore

1877 - 1940

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Jesse Lauriston Livermore (July 26, 1877 – November 28, 1940) was an American stock trader. He is considered a pioneer of day trading and was the basis for the main character of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, a best-selling book by Edwin Lefèvre. At one time, Livermore was one of the richest people in the world; however, at the time of his suicide, he had liabilities greater than his assets. In a time when accurate financial statements were rarely published, getting current stock quotes required a large operation, and market manipulation was rampant, Livermore used what is now known as technical analysis as the basis for his trades. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jesse Livermore is the 94th most popular businessperson (up from 220th in 2019), the 1,048th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,486th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Jesse Livermore ranks 94 out of 847. Before him are Stan Kroenke, Liliane Bettencourt, Stanley Rous, Li Ka-shing, Calouste Gulbenkian, and Charles Koch. After him are Paul Reuter, Mukesh Ambani, Chris Gardner, Benjamin Guggenheim, Louis Vuitton, and Piero Ferrari.

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Among people born in 1877, Jesse Livermore ranks 20. Before him are Raoul Dufy, Gabriele Münter, Louis Renault, G. H. Hardy, Kees van Dongen, and Kārlis Ulmanis. After him are Maurice Halbwachs, Alfred Cortot, Ernst von Dohnányi, Mykola Leontovych, Aga Khan III, and Henry Norris Russell. Among people deceased in 1940, Jesse Livermore ranks 25. Before him are Isaac Babel, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Wladimir Köppen, Spyridon Louis, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, and Gerda Wegener. After him are Kyösti Kallio, Lluís Companys, Eugène Dubois, Italo Balbo, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, and Vito Volterra.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jesse Livermore ranks 1,048 out of 20,380. Before him are Anne Baxter (1923), John B. Calhoun (1917), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909), Charles Koch (1935), Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), and Charlie Sheen (1965). After him are Little Richard (1932), William T. G. Morton (1819), Arthur Kornberg (1918), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Douglass North (1920), and René Auberjonois (1940).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Jesse Livermore ranks 39. Before him are Robert Kardashian (1944), David Koch (1940), Ray Kroc (1902), Andrew Tate (1986), Stan Kroenke (1947), and Charles Koch (1935). After him are Chris Gardner (1954), Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), Kris Jenner (1955), Mark Zuckerberg (1984), Paul Allen (1953), and Vincent J. McMahon (1914).

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