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  1. 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 ...

  2. Nov 14, 2018 · The son of Italian immigrants, Amadeo Pietro Giannini was born in San Jose, California in 1970. His father had been fatally shot when Giannini was only 7 years old. When he turned 13, he left ...

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  3. 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.

  4. Feb 20, 2023 · Amadeo Peter Giannini left behind a legacy that is a point of pride for all Americans and proved utopian dreams can come true. He was the founder of Bank of Italy which later became Bank of America, now one of the largest banks in the United States. Giannini was born in California to Italian immigrants in 1870 and grew to become a financier ...

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  6. Jun 2, 2022 · The safe was too heavy to move, so Giannini and his friends would have to carry the money. In a city with no visible law enforcement, that was not a good idea. So Giannini commandeered a garbage wagon from Ciabatta Cepollina, whose family came from the same part of Italy as his. They hid the money under the garbage, which included a lot of oranges.

  7. Amadeo Peter Giannini has been called "America's banker." His Italian father traveled home from the California gold fields, then brought a Genoese bride back to San Jose in mid-1869, via the brand ...

  8. Jan 5, 2018 · And, to be sure, many of them were exactly that. But there is one conspicuous exception: Amadeo Peter Giannini (1870-1949), the founder of Bank of America. A.P. Giannini. The son of Italian immigrants, Giannini grew up on a 40-acre truck farm outside of San Francisco.

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