Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 3, 2002

Michael Palitz – Financial Federal Corporation (fif)

MICHAEL C. PALITZ is Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Financial Federal Corporation and its subsidiaries. He was one of the original founders of the company in 1989 and served as its CFO from the company's inception through September 2000. Prior to founding FFC, Mr. Palitz had previously held several positions with both Bankers Trust Company (now Deutsche Bank) and Chemical Bank (now JP Morgan Chase). Mr. Palitz has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Dartmouth and holds an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Palitz also serves on the Board of a holding company for a federally chartered community thrift. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of Financial

Federal followed by a picture of the company as it is now?

Mr. Palitz: We started Financial Federal in 1989 and many of