Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> July 1, 1998
GEORGE GLEASON, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank
of the Ozarks, Inc., has 24 years of banking experience. Mr.
Gleason purchased controlling interest in Bank of Ozark, now Bank
of the Ozarks, in 1979, serving from that time to the present as
its Chief Executive Officer. Since formation of Bank of the
Ozarks, Inc., in 1981, he has also served as its Chief Executive
Officer and as Chief Executive Officer of each of Bank of the
Ozarks, Inc.'s subsidiaries. Since 1993 he has also served as
Chairman of the Boards of Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., and each of
its subsidiaries. Prior to 1979 Mr. Gleason practiced law at a
major firm in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Gleason holds a BA in
Business and Economics from Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas and
a JD from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Profile
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