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Legal Secretary Who Amassed $9 Million Fortune Has Something In Common With Buffett, Bezos

Legal Secretary Who Amassed $9 Million Fortune Has Something In Common With Buffett, Bezos

Sylvia Bloom worked for 67 years as a secretary at the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and accumulated a personal fortune of more than $9 million. Bloom did this by being "frugal" and "by shrewdly observing the investments made by the lawyers she served," reports the New York Times, which broke the story Monday on its front page.

Sylvia Bloom worked for 67 years as a secretary at the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and accumulated a personal fortune of more than $9 million. Bloom did this by being "frugal" and "by shrewdly observing the investments made by the lawyers she served," reports the New York Times, which broke the story Monday on its front page.…