Heart to Heart

Heart to Heart | Episode 4: Charles Slack on Hetty Green, Wall Street’s First Female Tycoon

Welch College of Business and Technology at Sacred Heart University. Season 1 Episode 4

In this episode of Heart to Heart, recorded at Sacred Heart University, host Chuck Firlotte interviews author Charles Slack. Slack discusses his book on Hetty Green, the "first female tycoon of Wall Street," who was known as "the world's greatest miser" but was also a brilliant and courageous investor. They delve into Green's background, her unique investing philosophy which mirrored that of Warren Buffett, and her lasting legacy. Slack also shares insights into his own writing journey, his other books on inventor Charles Goodyear and the Sedition Act of 1798, and offers advice to aspiring writers.