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Abar Byomkesh

At Dooars, Byomkesh makes his acquaintance with several Bengali inhabitants from the local community like Dr. Ashwini Ghatak (Sujan Mukherjee), Prof. Adinath Shome (Pijush Ganguly), Mahidhar Chaudhury (Biswajit Chakrabarty), photographer Nakuleshwar (Arindol Bagchi), police officer Purander Pandey (Kunal Padhy), deputy magistrate Umanath Ghosh (Chandan Sen) and banker Amaresh Raha (Kaushik Sen).

Alois Dessauer

Alois Joseph Dessauer (born Aron Baruch Dessauer; February 21, 1763, Gochsheim - April 11, 1850, Aschaffenburg) was a famous German court banker (Court Jew).

Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza

He married fourthly at Lugano-Castagnola, 13 December 1967, Liane Denise Shorto (b. Garça, São Paulo, 23 December 1942), a Brazilian banker's daughter, from whom he was divorced 29 November 1984.

Bill Pohlad

He is the son of Eloise (O'Rourke) and banker and businessman Carl Pohlad, who owned the Minnesota Twins baseball franchise from 1984 to 2009, and brother of current owner Jim Pohlad.

Burt-Stark Mansion

A banker from Charleston, South Carolina, Andrew Simonds, bought it from Hoyt, and in 1862 sold it to Armistead Burt, who owned it when Jefferson Davis used the building.

Carlos M. García

Carlos M. García, born on June 25, 1971, is a Puerto Rican banker who served as president of the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank (GDB) from 2009 to 2011 during the administration of Governor Luis Fortuño.

Celtic Ash

On the advice of Irish-born trainer Tom Barry, Celtic Ash was purchased by Boston, Massachusetts banker Joseph E. O'Connell, who imported him to the United States to race for his Green Dunes Farm.

Credit Suisse First Boston

At the same time, the newly global CSFB became a leading high tech banker, acting as lead (or co-lead) underwriter in the IPOs of Amazon.com and Cisco Systems, as well as one time high fliers such as Silicon Graphics, Intuit, Netscape and VA Linux Systems.

Exbury

In 1919 the eminent banker Lionel Nathan de Rothschild bought Exbury House, the house being nearly derelict at that time.

Fair Mortgage Collaborative

Market Place spoke to Howard Banker, Executive Director of the Fair Mortgage Collaborative and home mortgage expert, about how the Fair Mortgage Collaborative sniffs out bad lenders.

Frank Newman

Frank N. Newman (born 1942), US banker and former United States Department of the Treasury official

George Parsons

George W. Parsons (1850-1933), attorney turned banker during the 19th century Old West

George W. Parsons

George Whitwell Parsons (August 26, 1850 - January 5, 1933) was a licensed attorney turned banker during the 19th century Old West.

Gerald J. Ford Stadium

The stadium is named after Gerald J. Ford (who should not be confused with former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford), a billionaire banker who provided most of the funding for its construction.

Harriet Raikes

Harriet Raikes was the daughter of Thomas Raikes the Younger, a merchant and banker in London, and the granddaughter of Thomas Raikes the Elder, also merchant and banker in London and Governor of the Bank of England from 1797 to 1799.

Henry C. Morrison

Morrison could not finance his own education, but because he showed success in his academic work, a local banker raised money and financed his education at Dartmouth College.

Henry F. Dimock

He married Susan Collins Whitney, whose siblings included Henry Melville Whitney, industrialist; William Collins Whitney, financier and Secretary of the Navy: and Lucy Collins "Lily" Whitney, wife of banker Charles T. Barney.

Henry Grey Bennet

Bennet was the second of three sons and fourth of eight children of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, and his wife, Emma (1752–1836), daughter of banker Sir James Colebrooke, 1st Baronet.

Herbert Raphael

The second son of Henry Louis Raphael, banker, of Raphaels Bank and his wife and cousin, Henriette née Raphael.

James Weston

James A. Weston (1827-1895), American civil engineer, banker, and politician

John D. Vanderhoof

Born in Rocky Ford, Colorado, Vanderhoof worked in the family sporting goods business and was a banker and served in Naval Aviation during World War II, and received two Purple Hearts, the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals.

John Palmer

John Horsley Palmer (1779–1858), English banker and Governor of the Bank of England

King David Hotel

Half the construction costs were paid by Ezra Mosseri, an affluent Egyptian Jewish banker and director of the National Bank of Egypt, and another 46% by other wealthy Cairo Jews.

Kripa Sagar

Born Kripa Das on May 4 1875 in the village of Pipnakha in the outskirts of Gujranwala, now a major town in Pakistan, Kripa Sagar was successively a teacher, an editor, a banker, an officer of the University of the Punjab, and a publisher.

Lionel Barnett

The son of a Liverpool banker, Barnett was educated at Liverpool High School, Liverpool Institute, University College, Liverpool and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Ma Barker's Killer Brood

She kidnaps wealthy banker, Mr. Khortney (based on Edward Bremer).

MacVeagh

Franklin MacVeagh (1837–1934), American banker and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; brother of Wayne

Martín Redrado

Kirchner appointed Redrado President of the Central Bank of Argentina on September 24, 2004, and the new central banker implemented the administration's policy of keeping a relatively undervalued Argentine peso to help bolster export competitiveness, while foreign exchange reserves soared to nearly US$50 billion.

Medcan Clinic

Since 2002, Medcan's CEO has been Dr. Francis' son, Shaun Francis, whose previous endeavors included undergraduate studies at the United States Naval Academy, working as an investment banker at New York's Morgan Stanley and receiving an MBA from the Wharton School.

Moreton Morrell

Moreton Hall, is a Grade II listed building in the village built on land bought in 1903 by Charles Tuller Garland, a son of a rich New York banker.

Nadine de Rothschild

She is the widow of banker Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild and belongs to the Rothschild family.

One Cleveland Center

In 2003, CNBC reported from One Cleveland Center about an investment banker named Frank Gruttadauria.

Pacha Wazir

Haji Pacha Wazir is an Emirati citizen who ran a series of Hawala banks before being arrested in 2003, amid accusations that he worked as the "main banker" for Osama bin Laden.

Paula Tiso

EverQuest II - Tibby Copperpot / Noelle Dering / Fhara Hunford / Seer Eco / Commissioner Venilos / Liege Helvanica / Guard Williamson / Wanderer Greencoast / Preservationist Reynolds / Chronicler Steelwill / Banker Deephathom / Japhet L'Zon / Broker Profallia

Plain Dealing, Louisiana

John J. Doles, Jr. (1923–2004), Plain Dealing banker and civic leader

Poder Paralelo

According to Muniz, Téo is based on the federal police officer Protógenes Queiroz, responsible for the investigation and arrest of banker Daniel Dantas, accused of money laundering and convicted for attempting to bribe a federal police officer.

Preston Martin

He died of cancer, aged 83 in San Francisco survived by his son Pier Preston Martin, also a banker.

Raphael Kaulla

Jacob Raphael Kaulla (died May 1, 1810, Hechingen) was a German court banker; born at Buchau on the Feder-See about the middle of the eighteenth century.

Richard Glyn

Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Gaunt's House (1755–1838), British banker and MP, son of the above

Robert Hathaway

Hathaway was born in East Orange, New Jersey, the third of four sons of the Wall Street banker Charles Hathaway and his wife Cora (née Southworth Rountree).

Roger Sherman Greene II

Two of their other children achieved prominence, Evarts Boutell as an American historian at Columbia and Jerome Davis Greene as a foundation administrator, banker, and secretary of the Corporation of Harvard University.

Sarah Rhodes

On 1 December 1807 in Leeds, Sarah married a banker, Stephen Nicholson (1779 Chapel Allerton -23 Feb 1858 Roundhay), son of William Nicholson and Grace Whitaker, who inherited Roundhay Park and Chapel Allerton estates on 8 February 1833 after the death of his older half-brother Thomas' widow.

Sebastiano Ximenes

Sebastiano Ximenes (c. late 16th century) was an Italian banker of Portuguese origin in Florence, and noted patron of the Arts.

Toad Road

Banker first began working on Toad Road in 2008 and cast Jones as Sara, a college student addicted to drugs that becomes fascinated with the legend of Toad Road.

UDC Finance Limited

(Heidelberg), a German banker who came to New Zealand at the age of 50 after fleeing Nazi Germany.

Werner von Clemm

His son Michael von Clemm went on to become a leading American banker who was involved in Western banking operations in Africa and helped found Canary Wharf.

William J. MacDonald

William Johnson McDonald (1844–1926), American banker who endowed an astronomical observatory

Young Plan

In addition to Young, the United States was represented by J. P. Morgan, Jr., the prominent banker, and his partner, Thomas W. Lamont.


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