The Boy Wonder of Wall Street

Posted: December 31, 2023 | Source: eliteagent.com

Eddie Gilbert was known as “The Boy Wonder of Wall Street” for his daring and successful business trades. He made and lost several fortunes. Facing a $3.5 million tax lien and $14 million in debts after some unsuccessful trades in the 1960s, he fled to Brazil, where he lived it up as “The Fugitive Playboy.” Gilbert was later sent to prison, where he brought his ruthless trading skills to the cigarette market. After he was released from prison, Gilbert moved to Santa Fe where he devised a real estate trading partnership that made him a millionaire once again and bought one of the city’s most architecturally significant homes. Eddie’s former Santa Fe homes are for sale.