Lee, Higginson & Co.

Lee, Higginson & Co.

Lee, Higginson & Co. was a prominent Boston-based investment bank during the 1840s to 1932, home of many members of Boston Brahmin establishment. The bank collapsed in the Swedish match scandal in 1932 while under the leadership of Jerome Davis Greene. See Ivar Kreuger. Also known for financing the growth of General Motors. The lavish headquarters building of Lee, Higginson in lower Manhattan, built 1928, is now a private school. [cite web
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