James Hazen Hyde
American businessman (1876-1959) · United States · On the map · Founders · Died at 83
James Hazen Hyde 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 1899 when he inherited the majority shares in the billion-dollar Equitable Life Assurance Society.
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Hyde depicted in J. S. Pughe's illustration, A cabinet that could afford it, 1905.
Menu for the ball given by James Hazen Hyde, January 31, 1905
Set of German-made porcelains, c. 1775, donated by Hyde to the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; figures represent (from left) Asia, Europe, Africa, and America.Awards
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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.
