Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 22, 2000

Ralph Mandell – Privatebancorp Inc (pvtb)

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 of

PrivateBancorp, just to set the stage for our readers?

Mr. Mandell: Our company was started nine years ago, February