Diamond Jim Brady

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Benjamin Buchanan Brady (August 12, 1856--April 13, 1917), also known as Diamond Jim Brady, was an American businessman, financier, and philanthropist of the Gilded Age.

Early life and family

Brady was born in New York City to an Irish immigrant family. He was born "into humble circumstances on Manhattan's far lower West Side, the son of a saloon owner."

Lifestyle

He is best known for his penchant for jewels, particularly diamonds, he amassing valuable stones and jewelry worth more than US$2 million (roughly equivalent to $65,144,000 in 2021 dollars).

Brady's ferocious appetite was as legendary as his fortune, but modern experts say it was largely exaggerated. According to the legend, Brady was not unusual to eat enough food for ten people at a table. Brady was described by George Rector, the chef of a popular restaurant, as "the best 25 customers I've ever had." "Viet quantities of hominy, eggs, cornbread, muffins, flapjacks, chops, steak, beefsteak, and a gallon of fresh orange juice will be served for breakfast." "two or three dozen clams or Lynnhaven oysters" would be included in a mid-morning snack. "shellfish...two or three deviled crabs, a brace of boiled lobsters, a joint of beef, and an enormous salad will all be served at luncheon." In addition, he will have a dessert made from "several pieces of homemade pie" and more orange juice. Brady would dine and enjoy afternoon tea, which consisted of "another platter of seafood, accompanied by two or three bottles of lemon soda." Rector's Restaurant was the day's main dish. It usually consisted of "two to three dozen oysters, six crabs, and two bowls of green turtle soup. Six or seven lobsters, two canvasback ducks, a double portion of terrapin, sirloin steak, asparagus, and a platter of French pastries were among the items on display in the sumptuous parade. To finish off the meal, Brady would even include two pounds of chocolate candy. Supposedly gamblers would bet that he'd die before dessert, as a matter of fact, he did have to cut back on his gargantuan intake several years before his death due to stomach problems.

Brady, a gregarious guy, was a mainstay of Broadway nightlife. He often dined with fashionable culture. Brady accumulated money after more investment in the stock market, but not necessarily by ethical means. Brady won around $180,000 (roughly equivalent to $5,862,960 in 2021 dollars) on election night (1896), according to biographer Harry Paul Jeffers, who was reportedly claiming crooked bets on the William McKinley–William Jennings Bryan presidential election." Through a shady stock deal involving the Reading Railroad, he also enriched himself to the tune of $1.25 million (equivalent to about $40,715,000 in 2021 dollars).

He was known as the first person in New York City to own a car (in 1895).

Personal life

Lillian Russell, the actor and singer, is known for his long-term friendship with him. According to reports, they will dine at his home on 7 West 86th Street in Manhattan. Her eating habits, according to reports, were a good match for his own.

Brady donated $220,000 to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, where he had been admitted in 1912 to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he had once been admitted. In his honor, the hospital established the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute.

Brady never married, and his estate was dispersed to many charities after his death, including New York Hospital. The James Buchanan Brady Foundation, now known as NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, is still located in New York.

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Career

Brady worked his way up from bellhop and courier. After gaining employment in the New York Central Railroad system, he became the chief assistant to the general manager by the age of 21. At 23, Brady parlayed his knowledge of the rail transport industry and its officials to become a highly successful salesman for Manning, Maxwell, and Moore, a railroad supply company. In 1899 he became sales agent for the Pressed Steel Car Company.

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