You may know of him as Benjamin Graham, but his original surname was... Grossbaum! He came to the States as a two year old child and eventually became one of the most highly regarded investors on Wall Street. He changed his name to Graham during World War I because his family felt that any German sounding name was considered suspect. (Grossbaum, in Yiddish/German, means “big tree”). You can read up on his ideas on the Stock Market in this article.
Here’s the question; is this fellow related to my family? I wonder if there is a way find out...