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  3. Giannini is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California. His son Mario had two daughters, Virginia Hammerness and Anne Giannini McWilliams. Virginia spoke publicly about the bank in 2009. Legacy Mosaic mural (1963) tells the story of A. P. Giannini's life.

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. A.P. Giannini in 1904. Called "the handsomest man in North Beach," the 22-year old produce merchant married the daughter of the Beach's richest man. When Giannini's father-in-law died in 1902, his widow and 11 children did not divvy up his $1 million estate.

  8. Founder: Transamerica Corporation. A.P. Giannini (born May 6, 1870, San Jose, California, U.S.—died June 3, 1949, San Mateo, California) was an American banker, founder of the California-based Bank of Italy—later the Bank of America —which, by the 1930s, was the world’s largest commercial bank. He was a major pioneer of branch banking.

  9. 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 ...

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