John Slade
John H. Slade (born May 30, 1908 as Hans Schlesinger in Frankfurt am Main ; † September 11, 2005 ) was a German-born, American hockey player and wall street broker.
Life
John Slade was born as Hans Schlesinger in Frankfurt am Main. In his youth he played hockey at SC 1880 Frankfurt , where, as a Jew, he was expelled in 1936. Therefore he could not take part in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin . He then emigrated to New York .
He started there as an errand boy at " Bear Stearns ", which at that time, in 1936, was a small brokerage company with 50 employees. From 1941 he called himself John Slade. He later returned to Germany as a US soldier. In 1948 he played on the American hockey team at the Olympic Games in London . Over the course of his career, he has been instrumental in making Bear Stearns a major investment bank with more than 13,000 employees worldwide. He was employed there until his death at the age of 97. His success on the stock market made him a legend and the embodiment of the American Dream. In the 1970s he was voted the most popular banker in the US and in 1990 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Detlef Mewes, How the Frankfurt hockey player Hans Schlesinger became the American Olympian John Slade. A German story , in: Berliner Zeitung , November 3, 2005 ( online )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Slade, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schlesinger, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American broker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 2005 |