Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 22, 2000
RALPH B. MANDELL serves as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive
Officer of PrivateBancorp, Inc., and its subsidiary, The PrivateBank and
Trust Company. He co-founded The PrivateBank in 1991. Before starting
The PrivateBank, he spent 21 years at First United Financial Services,
Inc., including positions as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Oak Park Trust and Savings Bank and Chairman of First United Trust
Company. Mr. Mandell is a graduate of the University of Illinois. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a brief overview, and a brief history ofPrivateBancorp, just to set the stage for our readers?
Mr. Mandell: Our company was started nine years ago, February