Jesse Lauriston Livermore

Jesse Lauriston Livermore

financier
trader
🇺🇸United States

Jesse Lauriston Livermore was an American stock trader. He is considered a pioneer of day trading and was the basis for the main character of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, a best-selling book by Edwin Lefèvre. At one time, Livermore was one of the richest people in the world; however, at the time of his suicide, he had liabilities greater than his assets.

J
Lifespan
1877 – 1940
Quotes
3
Influenced By
0
Influenced
0

Career Journey

Background

Born in
Massachusetts

Timeline

  • 1877

    Born

    Birth
  • 1940

    Died

    Death

Influenced By

Thinkers whose ideas shaped Jesse's philosophy

No known influences documented.

Influenced

Thinkers whose work was shaped by Jesse's ideas

No influenced thinkers documented yet.

Source Attribution

Information about Jesse Lauriston Livermore is sourced from curated knowledge bases and cross-referenced for accuracy. Influence relationships are scored by thematic overlap and historical plausibility.