A.P. Giannini
1870–1949 · Italian-American (San Francisco) · 20th Century
Known for: Founded Bank of America by lending to immigrants everyone else rejected — the people's banker
Amadeo Peter Giannini founded Bank of Italy (later Bank of America) to serve immigrants and working-class San Franciscans that other banks refused. After the 1906 earthquake, he set up a desk in the rubble and started lending.
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