Insight into history

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 most  important golf tournament, 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: Fuck work.  Play  golf.