GD-001 · 1912
~$50M (1933) · Died broke
GD-002 · 1877
Railroad & shipping dynasty
The Vanderbilts — the Dynasty That Spent Itself Broke in Two Generations
~$100M (1877) · Dissipated
GD-003 · 1980
Oil heirs / silver speculators
The Hunt Brothers — the Billionaires Who Tried to Corner Silver
billionaire oil heirs · Bankrupt
GD-004 · 1908
General Motors founder
William C. Durant — the Man Who Founded GM and Died Running a Bowling Alley
~$100M+ (1920s) · Bankrupt
GD-005 · 1879
Colorado silver magnate
Horace Tabor — the Silver King of Leadville Who Died a Postmaster
~$9M (1881) · Died broke
GD-006 · 1839
world-changing patent · Died broke
GD-007 · 1883
Wild West showman
Buffalo Bill Cody — the Showman Who Made and Lost Several Fortunes
millions earned · Died broke
GD-008 · 1923
Self-service grocery pioneer
Clarence Saunders — the Piggly Wiggly Founder Wall Street Wiped Out
Supermarket pioneer · Bankrupt
GD-009 · 1908
Gold-mining heiress
Evalyn Walsh McLean — the Mining Heiress and the Hope Diamond
Camp Bird gold heiress · Dissipated
GD-010 · 1884
Former U.S. president
Ulysses S. Grant — the President Bankrupted by a Wall Street Swindle
President & war hero · Bankrupt
GD-011 · 1869
Tammany Hall boss
William ‘Boss’ Tweed — the Tammany Kingpin Who Died in Jail
~$25M–$200M stolen · Died in jail, broke
GD-012 · 1716
Financier · France
John Law — the Mastermind of the Mississippi Bubble Who Died Poor in Venice
richest man in Europe · Died poor in exile
GD-013 · 1864
royal civil list · Deposed; died mysteriously
GD-014 · 1850
Brewing dynasty
The Stroh Family — the $700 Million Beer Dynasty That Evaporated
~$700M (1980s) · Dissipated
GD-015 · 1982
~$1B+ earned · Recovered (posthumously)