Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Amadeo Giannini

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American banker Amadeo Giannini.
Last updated on December 7, 2024.
Amadeo Giannini

Amadeo Pietro Giannini, also known as Amadeo Peter Giannini or A. P. Giannini was an American banker who founded the Bank of Italy, which became Bank of America. Giannini is credited as the inventor of many modern banking practices. Most notably, Giannini was one of the first bankers to offer banking services to middle-class Americans, rather than only the upper class. He also pioneered the holding company structure and established one of the first modern trans-national institutions.

Money itch is a bad thing. I never had that trouble.
No man actually owns a fortune. It owns him.
I have worked without thinking of myself. This is the largest factor in whatever success I have attained. — © Amadeo Giannini
I have worked without thinking of myself. This is the largest factor in whatever success I have attained.
It's no use to decide what's going to happen unless you have the courage of your convictions. Many a brilliant idea has been lost because the man who dreamed it lacked the spunk of the spine to put it across.
I leave everything to the young men. You've got to give youthful men authority and responsibility if you're going to build up an organization. Otherwise you'll always be the boss yourself and you won't leave anything behind you.
My hardest job has been to keep from being a millionaire.
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