He was born in Germany in 1874, and brought to the United States by his parents when he was 5. His father’s poor health forced him to drop out of school at 14 to support the family.
Intelligent and industrious, he worked in an uncle’s pharmacy and later attended a College of Pharmacy. At 19, he passed the state pharmaceutical exam and obtained a license by claiming to be 21. He bought his uncle’s pharmacy two years later.
Unhappy as a pharmacist, he completed a three-year law course in only 18 months and was admitted to the Bar in 1900, but it wasn't enough...he later found a better way to make his fortune.
Who is he?
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