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A.P. Giannini

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Black-and-white photo looking down a steep San Francisco street toward billowing smoke from the 1906 fire, with onlookers standing in the road

America · Italian American Heritage

The Little Fellow’s Banker: How A.P. Giannini Built Bank of America From a North Beach Saloon

The son of a Ligurian farmer lent to the immigrants other banks ignored, rescued his depositors’ money from the 1906 fire, and built the biggest bank in the world. Then he died with almost nothing.

By Amerigo StaffOct 8, 20263 min read