Mourners attend Siebert’s funeral on Aug. 27. Siebert purchased an NYSE seat for $445,000 in 1967.
Manhattan’s first girl of finance left behind a monster reward for her beloved Chihuahua, Monster Girl.
Muriel Siebert, who died in August at age 84 after a battle with most cancers, left behind $100,000 for her valuable pooch, plus tens of millions extra for animal rescue and care.
Siebert, the primary girl to carry a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, bequeathed the money to Monster Girl by way of her buddy Lynda Fox-Frazer, who inherited the pet.
“I request that my dog not be left alone for long periods of time during the day,” Siebert wrote in her will, which was filed in Manhattan Surrogate’s Court this week.
Along with the $100,000 for Monster Girl’s caretaker, Siebert left $10,000 a 12 months to The Animal Medical Center on 62nd St. all through Monster Girl’s life.
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Siebert, who by no means married or had youngsters, additionally left $1.5 million for her sister Elaine Siebert, who lives within the Jewish Home and Hospital within the Bronx.
The Wall Street titan, who solid a brand new path for ladies in 1967 when she purchased a NYSE seat for $445,000, left the majority of her $48 million to her personal nonprofit.
The Muriel F. Siebert Foundation was created to show folks about monetary literacy and “the humane support of animals,” the need stated, particularly animals “owned by the elderly who are financially challenged.”
Siebert’s property consists of about $7 million value of actual property, together with a $2 million home within the Hamptons and her $5 million co-op within the metropolis.
The tough-talking Siebert — who preferred to drive quick and drink vodka — additionally left some money presents, together with $365,000 to a George Jones within the West Village and $25,000 to Janet Bradley from Jamaica.
Siebert, the daughter of a dentist from Cleveland, as soon as stated she drove into Manhattan in 1954 with “$500, a Studebaker and a dream.”
Known as “Mickie,” she waded into the macho world of Wall Street, turning into a fierce advocate for office equality.
In 1977, she was appointed New York state’s first feminine superintendent of banking.
In recent years, Siebert was by no means with out her long-haired Chihuahua, Monster Girl, who even accompanied her proprietor into business conferences.
“No leash, no lease,” was Siebert’s motto when she did business with buildings that didn’t allow animals inside.
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