Norma Yaeger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Norma Yaeger

Date of Birth: 05-May-1930

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Profession: businessperson, stockbroker

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Norma Yaeger

  • Norma Hason Nahmias Yaeger (born May 5, 1930) is an entrepreneur, stockbroker, business pioneer, and published author.
  • In 1962, she became the first woman to enroll in Hornblower & Weeks, Inc.
  • training program for stockbrokers.
  • She is the first woman who demanded, and got, the right to join her male trainees on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
  • The Stock Exchange did not previously allow women to set foot on its floor.
  • Norma Nahmias was the only woman invited to be on Hornblower & Weeks’ Management Advisory Board.
  • She registered with the Liquidity Fund with the SEC; it was the first Money Market Mutual Fund in California.
  • Norma Yaeger registered and opened a full-service stock brokerage firm, Yaeger Securities, Inc., in 1981. When the Affirmative Action Bill AB-1933 passed in 1989, she started a second brokerage firm, Yaeger Capital Markets, which she opened in 1991.
  • Her numerous licenses include the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), National Association of Security Dealers (NASD), Chicago Board of Options, and the Commodity Exchange.
  • She spends a lot of her time giving lectures to empower and encourage women.
  • Breaking Down the Walls, the memoir of her years as a Wall Street and business pioneer, is her first book, published in 2014.

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