Bank of America | The Wild West | Brendan 101 |
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Who is [Amadeo Peter] Giannini?
This Italian opened the Bank of Italy, which eventually developed into the Bank of America, in San Francisco in 1904.
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Who is Aman?
This teammate has an eight year old son named Andreas.
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What is the Mouse Moon Shot?
This is Brendan’s signature ping pong shot.
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What is BankAmerica?
NationsBank acquired this bank in 1998 to create Bank of America.
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Who is Herman?
This recently featured teammate in the Market Newsletter used to watch, and currently still does whether they admit it or not, professional wrestling.
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What is cheese (of any variety)?
This is Brendan’s favorite workday snack.
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What is Countrywide Financial?
Bank of America bought Merrill Lynch and this company (the largest American mortgage lender at that time) during the 2008 financial crisis.
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What is UCSD?
Sina went to this school for undergrad.
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What is Ratatouille?
This is Brendan’s favorite Pixar movie.
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What is Electronic Recording Method of Accounting?
In 1950, Bank of America started a project that revolutionized the banking industry with this, the world's first computer used in banking, which has the acronym ERMA.
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Who is Jeannette?
Who, unlike Banson, did not win the spelling bee contest in 3rd grade?
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Who are Dylan and Spencer?
These two outstanding citizens finally convinced Brendan to start growing out his hair and get rid of the buzz cut.
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Where is Marietta?
Brian Moynihan was born in this city of OH.
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Who is Molly?
This teammate has had celebrity experiences including skiing with Cameron D and beer pong with Jay Fielder
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What are Mouse, Squeakers, and Brisk?
These are Brendan's top 3 nicknames.
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