Charging Bull: The sculpture was created by Italian artist Arturo Di Modica in the wake of the 1987 Black Monday stock market crash. On December 14, 1989, Di Modica arrived on Wall Street with Charging Bull on the back of a truck and illegally dropped the sculpture outside of the New York Stock Exchange Building.
Di Modica had arrived in New York from Italy in 1970 penniless and risen up to success.
Fearless Girl: A bronze sculpture by Kristen Visbal, commissioned by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), a large asset management company. It was a campaign developed by advertising agency McCann New York.
I found it ironic the Charging Bull was basically a Banksy style illegal art project while Fearless Girl was corporate art commissioned by an asset manager controlling $3.5 trillion of assets. Reminds me that things aren't always what they seem at first glance