CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Leadership and board members. Braintree , a Chicago-based payment infrastructure company founded in 2007, aimed to replace the traditional model where merchants used different providers for a payment gateway and a merchant account. Company Leadership & Board Members. Focus on developers. How Stripe makes money.

Online 98

Online Company Retail Payments 98

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Lifetime Leadership Achievement Awards. We salute a legend of lending and credit union leadership. Has to be M-O-E. Bank Merger of the Year. So which merger was the best in 2021?

Fintech 143

Fintech Strategy Leadership Lending 143

CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

To some, Silicon Valley startup culture was as much to blame for Theranos’ failure as the company’s leadership. But despite the popularity of its sock puppet mascot, the online pet supplies retailer went out of business just 9 months after its Super Bowl ad, doomed by an untenable business model and the bursting of the dot-com bubble.

Report 78

Report San Francisco Capital New York 78

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Since Richman and about 100 other bankers from LaSalle Bank in Chicago joined PrivateBancorp nearly a decade ago, the bank has grown to an $18 billion solid niche player with $10 billion in assets under management. Hats off to a decade of strong leadership and hard work. Or the need to take market share in a slowest growth region?

Utah 60

Utah System Community Marketing 60

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Since Richman and about 100 other bankers from LaSalle Bank in Chicago joined PrivateBancorp nearly a decade ago, the bank has grown to an $18 billion solid niche player with $10 billion in assets under management. Hats off to a decade of strong leadership and hard work. Or the need to take market share in a slowest growth region?

Utah 60

Utah System Community Marketing 60