Amadeo P. Giannini

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Amadeo P. Giannini was an American banker and entrepreneur best known for founding the Bank of Italy, which later became Bank of America, and for pioneering modern consumer and branch banking.

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A. P. Giannini 2
Amadeo P. Giannini canonical 1
Amadeo Peter Giannini 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf banker
businessperson
entrepreneur
human
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1870-05-06
dateOfDeath 1949-06-03
employer Bank of America
Bank of Italy (bank)
ethnicGroup Italian American
familyName Giannini
fieldOfWork branch banking
commercial banking
consumer finance
founded Bank of America
Bank of Italy (bank)
fullName Amadeo P. Giannini self-linksurface differs
surface form: Amadeo Peter Giannini
givenName Amedeo
surface form: Amadeo
hasLegacy Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics
hasPart philanthropic activities through the Giannini Foundation
heritage Italian immigrant parents
honoredIn Giannini Hall at the University of California, Berkeley
industry banking
finance
influenced development of modern retail banking in the United States
knownFor founding Bank of America
founding the Bank of Italy
pioneering branch banking
pioneering modern consumer banking
languageSpoken English
Italian
middleName Peter
nativeLanguage Italian
notableAchievement providing banking services to immigrants and working-class customers
supporting post-1906 San Francisco earthquake reconstruction financing
notableWork development of branch banking system in California
expansion of small business and agricultural lending
occupation banker
business executive
entrepreneur
placeOfBirth San Jose, California, United States
placeOfDeath San Mateo, California, United States
positionHeld chairman of Bank of America
religion Roman Catholicism
residence San Francisco, California, United States of America
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Clorinda Cuneo

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Transamerica Corporation foundedBy Amadeo P. Giannini
Bank of America foundedBy Amadeo P. Giannini
this entity surface form: Amadeo Pietro Giannini
Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, California, United States notableBurial Amadeo P. Giannini
this entity surface form: A. P. Giannini
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States hasNotableBurial Amadeo P. Giannini
subject surface form: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
this entity surface form: A. P. Giannini
Amadeo P. Giannini fullName Amadeo P. Giannini self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Amadeo Peter Giannini