HomeBusiness & FinanceEve Gets Her Shot to ‘Ring The Bell’ at NYSE admin Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt For 60 years, presidents, athletes, celebrities, and even animals, have rung the bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Now, rapper/actress Eve can write the experience down in her history book. This week, Eve posted a photo on Instagram of her at the NYSE. She was in New York to promote her upcoming film “Barbershop 3.” “I’ve been to a lot of places in the world BUT I am sooooo excited to be here on the floor of the #NY #StockExchange 😁 about to ring the closing bell!! #mypricejustwentup 😝” I’ve been to a lot of places in the world BUT I am sooooo excited to be here on the floor of the #NY #StockExchange 😁 about to ring the closing bell!! #mypricejustwentup 😝 A photo posted by EVE @therealeve (@therealeve) on Apr 12, 2016 at 12:34pm PDT Eve joins Eva Longoria, Hillary Clinton, Usher, Ronald Reagan, Nick Cannon and a long list of other notables who were granted the opportunity to go inside the prestigious trading building. For celebrities, the experience is a great way to promote or send a message to Wall Street and the moneymakers who run the world. A little back history…the first non-Wall Street person to ring the bell was 10-year-old Leonard Ross in 1956. He won $100,000 for answering correctly questions about the NYSE on the then-popular television program “The Big Surprise.” The popularity of “ringing the bell” grew over the years as media outlets and social media platforms increased.
