James Fisk (financier), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American businessman
Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1835
Place of Birth: Bennington, Vermont, United States
Date of Death: 06-Jan-1872
Profession: stockbroker
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About James Fisk (financier)
- James Fisk Jr.
- (April 1, 1835 – January 7, 1872) – known variously as "Big Jim", "Diamond Jim", and "Jubilee Jim" – was an American stockbroker and corporate executive who has been referred to as one of the "robber barons" of the Gilded Age.
- Though Fisk was admired by the working class of New York and the Erie Railroad, he achieved much ill-fame for his role in Black Friday in 1869, where he and his partner Jay Gould befriended the unsuspecting President Ulysses S.
- Grant in an attempt to use the President's good name in a scheme to corner the gold market in New York City.
- Several years later Fisk was murdered by a disgruntled business associate.
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