East West Bancorp

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East West Bancorp
Company type Public
Nasdaq:  EWBC
S&P 400 Component
FoundedAugust 26, 1998;25 years ago (1998-08-26)
Subsidiaries East West Bank
Website eastwestbank.com

East West Bancorp is the parent company of East West Bank. It is a publicly owned company with nearly $70 billion in assets as of December 31st 2023. [1] The company's wholly owned subsidiary, East West Bank, is the largest state-chartered bank in California as of 2023. [2] East West earned the top spot in S&P Global Market Intelligence's 2022 Ranking of U.S. Public Banks by Financial Performance. [3]

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Operations

East West has more than 120 locations in the United States and Asia. [4] It provides both retail and commercial banking. [5]

History

In 1973, the East West Federal Bank (now East West Bank) was founded by F. Chow Chan, Betty Tom Chu, Richard K. Quan, Gilbert L. Leong, Philip Chow, John A Nuccio, Christopher L. Pocino, and John M. Lee. [6] Its focus was to serve the Chinese American community in southern California.

On May 28, 1999, East West Bancorp completed a $13.5 million acquisition of First Central Bank, N. A. in an all-cash transaction. [7]

Management

In 1992, Dominic Ng was named the Chairman, CEO and President. [8] He replaced Kellogg Chan, who retired. [6] In January 2010, Irene H. Oh was promoted to EVP and CFO. She replaced Thomas J. Tolda, who resigned. [9] Gregory L. Guyett was appointed as the President and COO in October 2016. [10]

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