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Amadeo Giannini

1870 - 1949

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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. Most notably, Giannini was one of the first bankers to offer banking services to middle-class Americans, mainly Italian immigrants, rather than only the upper class. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amadeo Giannini has received more than 881,428 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Amadeo Giannini is the 310th most popular businessperson (up from 335th in 2019), the 3,503rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,009th in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 2.86

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Amadeo Giannini ranks 310 out of 847. Before him are Edward Cave, François Coty, Daniel Peter, Gerard Philips, Stefan Persson, and Alfred Edwards. After him are Bertha Krupp, Alice Walton, Johanna Quandt, Tadashi Yanai, Henry E. Steinway, and David Stern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Amadeo Giannini ranks 87. Before him are Peter Struve, Dirk Jan de Geer, Enric Prat de la Riba, Dadasaheb Phalke, Motobu Chōki, and John Boland. After him are Charles Tournemire, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Francisco S. Carvajal, Édouard Le Roy, Albert Sechehaye, and Nikolay Lossky. Among people deceased in 1949, Amadeo Giannini ranks 82. Before him are Nuri Killigil, Othon Friesz, Ivan Poddubny, Joaquín Torres-García, Infanta Blanca of Spain, and Lead Belly. After him are James Forrestal, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Kanji Ishiwara, Boris Asafyev, Tan Malaka, and Otto Nerz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amadeo Giannini ranks 3,503 out of 20,380. Before him are Scotty Moore (1931), Howard Keel (1919), Marc Jacobs (1963), Morris Swadesh (1909), Timothée Chalamet (1995), and Harold Robbins (1916). After him are Stephen Baldwin (1966), Fulton J. Sheen (1895), Carl Bernstein (1944), Harrison Dillard (1923), James R. Schlesinger (1929), and Amelia Bloomer (1818).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Amadeo Giannini ranks 94. Before him are Hetty Green (1834), Alfred P. Sloan (1875), Erin Brockovich (1960), John DeLorean (1925), Douglas Tompkins (1943), and Paul Castellano (1915). After him are Alice Walton (1949), David Stern (1942), Jerry Buss (1933), David Koch (1940), Chuck Feeney (1931), and Linda McMahon (1948).

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