Frank MacKey

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Frank Joseph MacKey (March 20, 1852 in Gilboa, New York – February 24, 1927 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) was an Irish-American polo player in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Foxhunters Hurlingham polo team which won the gold medal. He also was a businessman, founding Household Finance Corp (HSBC Finance) in 1878. After a long illness, he shot himself at 74 while terminally ill and left to his much younger widow, Olga Leighton (aged 34), his enormous fortune ($500 million). Soon after his death, Olga married a Spanish aristocrat, Antonio Cabeza de Vaca, 10th Marquess of Portago, and became mother of two, the sportsman Alfonso de Portago and the socialite Sol de Moratalla.

Career

1. 1852
   Born
2. 1927
   Passed away

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Schoharie County
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: polo player
• •Sport: polo