Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 16, 2005

J.tyler Haahr – Meta Financial Group Inc (cash)

Haahr, J. Tyler
J. Tyler Haahr is Chairman of the board and Chief Executive Officer of Meta Financial Group, Inc. — “Meta Financial” — and MetaBank. Previously, he was a partner with the law firm of Lewis and Roca LLP in Phoenix, Arizona. He serves as the Secretary and a member of the board of directors of LifeScape. In addition, he serves as a director and is past Chairman of the board of directors for the Sioux Falls YMCA. He received his B.S. degree in accounting with honors from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota. He graduated with honors from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of Meta Financial

Group and then give us a picture of the company as it is now?

Mr. Haahr: We went public in 1993. At that point, we were