Walter Wriston
Walter Wriston
Walter Bigelow Wristonwas a banker and former chairman and CEO of Citicorp. As chief executive of Citibank / Citicorpfrom 1967 to 1984, Wriston was widely regarded as the single most influential commercial banker of his time. During his tenure as CEO, the bank introduced, among other innovations, automated teller machines, interstate banking, the negotiable certificate of deposit, and "pursued the credit card business in a way that no other bank was doing at the time". With then New York Governor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth3 August 1919
CountryUnited States of America
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