Wealth: Jesse Livermore went bankrupt in 19 14, but in 1929, he earned 1 billion dollars (the US tax revenue was only 4.2 billion in that year).
Theory: The idea of breaking new highs and gradually adding positions all originated from him.
Works: Memoirs of a Stock Handbook is almost 100 years old, and this book is still the first classic in the stock market.
Morgan, a big banker, personally asked him to stop short selling.
President Roosevelt invited him to the White House and asked him to close cotton futures to save the country.
Moreover, Jesse Livermore committed suicide in his 60s, and all his wealth was accumulated over decades. Buffett and Soros have been fighting for more than half a century.
One more thing, the stock market was not very big at that time, and there was no foreign exchange.