July 27, 2014

Greenberg Never Lost Faith in Big Banks

Arnold & Onaran, Bloomberg

Alan C. “Ace” Greenberg, who transformed Bear Stearns Cos. from a small bond shop into the fifth-largest U.S. securities firm, never lost his faith in the bigness of banks.

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