Muriel Siebert

Muriel Siebert definition - finance
The first woman to buy a seat, or membership, on the New York Stock Exchange, in 1967 at the age of 35. After 1975, when brokers stopped earning fixed commissions, Siebert started her own firm, Muriel Siebert & Co., the first discount brokerage. She also was New York StateÂ’s superintendent of banking in 1977.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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