Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 22, 2000
LI-PEI WU is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GBC Bancorp. He
also held the position of President from 1982 to 1998. Prior to joining
GBC Bancorp, he served as President of Alaska National Bank of the North
from 1980 to 1981. Mr. Wu held several other positions with Alaska
National Bank of the North, including Chairman of the Executive
Committee, 1978-1979, and Chief Administrative Officer, 1979-1980. He
also held various positions with the National Bank of Alaska, including
Vice President and Controller from 1973 to 1976. Mr. Wu served as Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at National Bank of Alaska
between 1976 and 1978. Mr. Wu was also an instructor at Kwanglon
Business School in the fields of economics, accounting, and money and
banking. He worked at Changhwa Commercial Bank and was also a financial
consultant. In 1998 he was awarded 'The 1998 Greater Los Angeles Ernst &
Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.' He is the current Director of
Pacific Coast Banking School; a member of Pacific Counsel of
International Policy; and a member of the Asia Society as well as being
on its Board of Advisors. He received his BA in Economics from National
Taiwan University and his MS in Business Administration from Fort Hays
State University in Kansas. He also attended the Commercial Banking
Executive Program at Columbia University, Graduate School of Business. Profile
just to set the stage for readers?
Mr. Wu: GBC Bancorp was organized in 1981 as a result of a merger with
General Bank.
