James hazen hyde biography of abraham lincoln

James Hazen Hyde (June 6, 1876 — July 26, 1959) was the son of Henry Baldwin Hyde, the founder of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.

James hazen hyde biography of abraham lincoln

James Hazen Hyde was twenty-three in 1899 when he inherited the majority shares in the billion-dollar Equitable Life Assurance Society.^[1] Five years later, at the pinnacle of social and financial success, efforts to remove him from The Equitable set in motion the first great Wall Street scandal of the 20th century, which resulted in his resignation from The Equitable and relocation to France.^[2]

Early life

James Hazen Hyde was born in New York City on June 6, 1876.

He was the only surviving son of Henry Baldwin Hyde and Annie (née Fitch) Hyde.^[3][4] His older sister was Mary who was married to Sidney Dillon Ripley in 1886. After Ripley's death in 1905, she married banker Charles R.

Scott in 1912.^[5]

He graduated from the Cutler School, and received his