Wall Street Leaders Welcome Gay CEO of Public U.S. Bank
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Wall Street executives voiced support for C1 Financial Inc. Chief Executive Officer Trevor Burgess, who today became the first openly gay CEO of a bank traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
C1 Financial, based in St. Petersburg, Florida, priced its $44.7 million initial public offering yesterday. The firm was created in 2009 when Burgess, a former Morgan Stanley investment banker, and three other investors took over the Community Bank of Manatee, ultimately acquiring other lenders in the state.