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  1. Walter Bigelow Wriston (August 3, 1919 – January 19, 2005) was a banker and former chairman and CEO of Citicorp. As chief executive of Citibank / Citicorp (later Citigroup) from 1967 to 1984, Wriston was widely regarded as the single most influential commercial banker of his time.

  2. Jan 21, 2005 · Walter B. Wriston, the former chairman of Citicorp who became the most influential banker of his generation by making his bank into the world's largest through a barrage of innovations,...

  3. Wriston: Walter Wriston, Citibank, and the Rise and Fall of American Financial Supremacy, Phillip L. Zweig (New York: Crown Publishers, 1995). A version of this article appeared in the July...

  4. Mar 26, 1996 · 4.8 14 ratings. See all formats and editions. Wriston rose to the top of the giant but sleepy First National City, later renamed Citibank, and set about reinventing not only his own institution, but much of banking and finance in the U.S. and the world.

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  5. Jan 21, 2005 · Chairman of Citicorp. Walter B. Wriston, 85, the legendary chairman and chief executive of Citicorp under whose reign the bank introduced automated teller machines, interstate banking and the...

  6. Era: 1960. Soon after assuming the presidency, Wriston built Citibank into the nation’s second largest bank in terms of total assets. He was instrumental in the convergence of Citibank and the First National City Corporation (Citicorp) which by 1976 doubled of the bank’s overall asset base.

  7. Jan 27, 2005 · Walter Wriston, a banking visionary, died on January 19th, aged 85. Jan 27th 2005 |. WHEN Walter Wriston joined National City Bank in 1946, the industry seemed to be in a genteel decline....

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