Lehman and its aftermath, by the numbers
With apologies to Harper’s Index, some collected statistics on the collapse of Lehman and the roller-coaster year that followed.
Add your own significant digits in the comments section.
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Number of siblings who made up the original Lehman Brothers, founded as a dry-goods store in 1844:
Age of Bavarian immigrant Henry Lehman when he founded the business:
Percentage difference between the DNA of former Lehman CEO Dick “The Gorilla” Fuld and an actual gorilla:
The percentage of people that truly understand why this happened. .003%, most likely fewer!