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James Hazen Hyde ().
James Hazen Hyde (June 6, — July 26, ) was the son of Henry Baldwin Hyde, the founder of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States..
James Hazen Hyde
James Hazen Hyde (June 6, — July 26, ) was the son of Henry Baldwin Hyde, the founder of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.
James Hazen Hyde was twenty-three in 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, 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 After Ripley's death in , she married banker Charles R.
Scott in [5]
He graduated from the Cutler School, and received his degree from Harvard University in