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looked triumphant on Wednesday when she presided over the ringing of the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
The 84-year-old lifestyle guru beamed from the balcony of the iconic Wall Street building as she joined Miracle-Gro CFO Mark Scheiwer to ring the closing bell.
It was an astounding reversal of fortune for Stewart, who had been forced to resign from the board of the NYSE in 2002 as part of the fallout from her insider trading scandal.
The scandal snowballed, and Stewart was indicted in 2003 and then convicted the following year of four felony charges related to the insider trading, though she pleaded not guilty and continued to maintain her innocence even after her conviction.
Stewart — who recently visiting her posh suburb — joined Miracle-Gro, which was celebrating 30 years of being listed on the NYSE, after she was named the brand's Chief Gardening Officer in March of 2025.
The home decor icon cut a stylish figure on the stock exchange in a brown leather blouse featuring a long collar tied like a bow around her throat.
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Martha Stewart, 84, looked triumphant on Wednesday when she presided over the ringing of the closing bell at the NYSE. She beamed from the balcony as she joined Miracle-Gro CFO Mark Scheiwer to ring the closing bell
It was an astounding reversal of fortune for Stewart, who had been forced to resign from the board of the NYSE in 2002 as part of the fallout from her insider trading scandal
The scandal snowballed, and Stewart was indicted in 2003 and convicted in 2004 of four felony charges related to insider trading, though she pleaded not guilty and maintained her innocence even after her conviction; she's pictured leaving federal court in NYC in March 2004
She wore her blond shoulder-length hair with a side part and curled it slightly at the bottom.
Stewart was pictured beaming as she commemorated the occasion by signing the guest book on the floor of the stock exchange while accompanied by NYSE Vice President Chris Taylor.
Her current rehabilitation in the public eye would have been hard to imagine more than two decades ago in the midst of her insider trading scandal.
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The home decor icon cut a stylish figure on the stock exchange in a brown leather blouse featuring a long collar tied like a bow around her throat
Stewart joined Miracle-Gro, which was celebrating 30 years of being listed on the NYSE, after she was named the brand's Chief Gardening Officer in March of 2025
Stewart beamed as she commemorated the occasion by signing the guest book on the floor of the stock exchange while accompanied by NYSE Vice President Chris Taylor (front left) and Miracle-Gro CFO Mark Scheiwer (center)
In 2001, Stewart sold $230k of a pharmaceutical stock after her broker allegedly told her that a drug had not received FDA approval. She was indicted in 2003 and convicted of four felonies relating to insider trading in 2004; pictured March 4, 2004, amid jury deliberations in NYC
Stewart was sentenced to five months at a federal prison camp, followed by five months of home confinement and two years of probation, along with a $30k fine; pictured in February 2004 in NYC
In June 2003, Stewart and her broker were both indicted, with the government claiming that Stewart had saved herself from a loss of nearly $46 thousand by selling her shares early.
