- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMuriel Faye Siebert
- Nickname
- Mickie
- Muriel Siebert was born on September 12, 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She died on August 24, 2013 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- She the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. In 1969, she founded Muriel Siebert & Company, becoming the first woman to own and operate a brokerage firm that was a member of the NYSE.
- She attended Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, for two years, but left in 1952 before graduating because her father became ill. In 1954, she went to New York, where she was hired as a $65-a-week trainee in the research department at Bache & Company.
- When hunting for subsequent jobs, she found that her résumé brought no inquiries when she used the name Muriel Siebert, but when distributed with the name M.F. Siebert, the results were quite different.
- Passed away at the age of 85 [August 26, 2013].
- Arrived in New York in 1954 in an old Studebaker and $500.
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