Chairman of the Board, President and CEO

Imperial Bancorp

Executive Offices

Century Boulevard at the San Diego Freeway

P.O. Box 92991

Los Angeles, CA 90009

  George L. Graziadio, along with George M. Eltinge, founded and opened the first Imperial Bank in 1963 in Los Angeles. In 1969 Imperial Bancorp was formed. Today, Imperial Bancorp has assets of approximately $3 billion and capital and reserves in excess of $200 million. Subsidiaries and/or enterprises today include: Imperial Bank, Imperial Ventures, Inc., Pacific BanCard Association, Imperial Credit Industries, Inc. and Southern Pacific Thrift and Loan Association. Additionally its wholly owned subsidiary, Imperial Trust Company, has assets of approximately $6 billion. Imperial Bank and/or its various subsidiaries have offices in the principal cities of California. The Graziadio family is the major shareholder of the corporation.

  As a partner in various real estate development companies, including Eltinge and Graziadio Development Company, Mr. Graziadio and Mr Eltinge developed over 100 shopping centers in 20 states, many of them Kmart Shopping Centers.

  Mr. Graziadio is Past International President of the World Council of Young Men’s Service Clubs with over 100,000 members in over 57 countries. He is Past President and Founding Director of the Torrance Memorial Medical Center Health Care Foundation; Life Member of the University of Southern California Associates; Life Member of Pepperdine University Associates; Charter Member of the National Italian American Foundation; recipient of the Albert Schweitzer Leadership ward and the Boy Scouts "Good Scout Award;" recipient of the "Targa d’Oro" Award from the province of Puglia, Italy; member of the International Council of Shopping Centers; former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation; Board Member of the French Foundation for Alzheimer Research; a member of Los Angeles World Council, Newcomen Society, the Governor’s Commission of the Californias, the Aero Club of Southern California, and the Town Hall of California. He is also a member of the California Bankers Association, American Bankers Association, American Bankers Association, Independent Bankers Association, Bankers Roundtable, recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Pepperdine University, member of the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles, recipient of the Great American Traditions Award presented by the B’nai B’rith Foundation, and member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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