HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT FINANCIAL HISTORY ?

1 . What company attracted a mere five shareholders to its annual meeting in 1933 ?

2 . What commodity experienced a global surge and collapse in the period of 1915 – 1920 ?

3 . What female financier ’ s estate — estimated to be at least $ 100 million ( roughly $ 1.2 billion in 2025 dollars )— was distributed to 63 institutions upon the death of her children ?

4 . What New York attorney went on to become one of Wall Street ’ s first Black female executives in the 1980s ?

5 . What does AFL-CIO stand for ?

6 . What brothers were vocal proponents of shareholder rights and “ people ’ s capitalism ” at annual shareholder meetings in the mid-20th century ?

7 . What two Italian families are known as the “ great banking families ” of the Renaissance ?

8 . What two companies merged in 1959 to create Berkshire Hathaway ?

9 . What was the biggest IPO in the United States in 2024 ?

10 . What is the oldest US stock exchange , founded in 1790 ?

1 . ExxonMobil ( then Standard Oil of New Jersey ) 2 . Sugar 3 . Hetty Green 4 . Marianne Spraggins 5 . American Federation of Labor — Congress of Industrial Organization 6 . The Gilbert brothers 7 . The Medici and Sforza families 8 . Hathaway Manufacturing and Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates 9 . Lineage 10 . The Philadelphia Stock Exchange www . MoAF . org | Winter 2025 | FINANCIAL HISTORY 41