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offers a “humanly simple” leadership style of looking out for others. Retail outlets: 11. When Gowen first arrived at Merchants & Planters in 1983 to serve as its president and senior lending officer, the bank had two branches and $47 million in assets. —Jim Gowen, Merchants & Planters Bank. In Arkansas, Jim S.

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