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Amadeo Pietro Giannini ( Italian pronunciation: [amaˈdɛːo ˈpjɛːtro dʒanˈniːni] ), also known as Amadeo Peter Giannini or A. P. Giannini (May 6, 1870 – June 3, 1949) was an American banker who founded the Bank of Italy, which eventually became Bank of America. Giannini is credited as the inventor of many modern banking practices.
1949 - 3 June - The Modesto Bee - Death Calls A.P. Giannini, Bank of America Head - San Mateo, June 3 - Amadeo Peter Giannini, boy produce peddler who fought his way up to become the world's biggest banker, died today of a heart ailment. He was 78, and had been ill with a cold for a month. Some would say the will to work hard and create success ...
Apr 29, 2022 · Upon Giannini's death in 1949, his son Mario Giannini (1894–1952) assumed leadership of the bank. Giannini's daughter, Claire Giannini Hoffman (1905–1997), took her father's seat on the bank's board of directors, where she remained until the 1980s.
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Jun 3, 2019 · Certainly he was acknowledged because when Amadeo Giannini died in 1949, Bank of America was the world's largest private bank with 517 branches. His dream had come true after so much suffering, so many enemies, so many battles won in a very bold way and with branches not only in California, but in all the United States and in China, Japan, the ...
Amadeo Peter Gianini, Courtesy Bank of America. Produce Magnate. Born into a family of Italian immigrants, Giannini knew early tragedy: his father was shot to death by a man who owed him a dollar ...
Biography current as of induction in 2010. Amadeo Peter Giannini is recognized today as the father of modern consumer banking. His persistence in innovation and respect for the common man gave the world its finest example of banking with a conscience. Born in California’s Santa Clara Valley of Italian immigrant parents, Giannini left school ...
Dec 7, 1998 · His father, a farmer, died in a fight over a dollar when A.P. was seven. His mother later married Lorenzo Scatena, a teamster who went into the produce business.
