What type of people got rich after the Great Depression in the 1930s?
1953, he would have most likely gotten rich by dodging WWII and profitting that way, not during the depression. During the depression the people who got rich(er) were the ones who already had money. In the 20’s everyone had money, but the highest people had tons. The ones who invested properly stayed around and rich in the begining of the depression, then were able to manipulate it to get richer during it. For the time period, meat packing, manufacturing, and other factories were the way to make the most money. Manufacturing needed to be of goods that required replacement during the depression (ie. drill bits, not luxury items like washing machines). Just follow what was needed and you’ll see who had the money. Oil is another good one. Near the end of the depression these people were the ones setup with factories that could be converted to weapons manufacturing. Once WWII started the US did the normal thing and supplied weapons to whoever had money-that made it easy for arms makers to
