Rosemary Teresa Vrablic [1] | |
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Born | 1960or1961(age 63–64) [2] |
Nationality | American |
Education | Fordham University (BS) Pace University (MBA) |
Occupation | Banker |
Title | Former managing director and senior private banker, Deutsche Bank U.S. |
Rosemary Teresa Vrablic (born 1960/1961) is an American banker who worked as the managing director and senior private banker of Deutsche Bank's U.S. private wealth management (PWM) business. In 2013, Vrablic was managing assets valued at $5.5 billion on behalf of about 50 clients, 40% of whom had made their money in real estate. [3] Her high-net-worth clients include Herbert Simon, the billionaire owner of the Indiana Pacers, and Jared Kushner. [3] According to the New York times and the Financial Times, she was "Donald Trump’s longtime private banker" before her resignation from Deutsche Bank in December 2020. [4] [5]
Vrablic grew up in New York, [3] the daughter of Joseph S. Vrablic (died 2005) and Bernice Vrablic. [6] She attended The Ursuline School in New Rochelle, New York, [2] and earned a bachelor's degree from Fordham University and an MBA from Pace University. [7]
Vrablic began her career as a bank teller, before moving into private banking in 1989, working for Citigroup and then Bank of America, joining Deutsche Bank in 2006. [8] [3] [7] [9] She got her start in private banking in 1989 when she was still a bank teller, living with her parents in Scarsdale, New York, after a chance two-hour train conversation with Howard Ross, the then-chief credit officer of Bank Leumi. [2] On joining Deutsche Bank in 2006, she was widely recognized as one of the top private bankers to the US ultra high-net-worth community. [10]
Vrablic announced her retirement from Deutsche Bank on December 22, 2020, at the age of 60. She said in a statement, "I’ve chosen to resign my position with the bank effective Dec. 31 and am looking forward to my retirement." [4]
According to the New York Times and the Financial Times, Vrablic was the "private banker" to Donald Trump. [4] [5] Prior to her arrival at Deutsche Bank, Trump had been unable to secure loans from Deutsche Bank as a result of having defaulted in 2008 on a $640 million from the bank for Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago. [11] Under Vrablic's direction, the wealth management unit at Deutsche Bank ultimately loaned Trump more than $330 million dollars. [11]
In 2017, Jared Kushner and his mother had a personal unsecured line of credit from the bank for $5 to $25 million. [11] In 2016, the bank loaned Kushner Companies $285 million to buy several floors of The Times Square Building from Africa Israel Investments. [11] Kushner also issued a mortgage-backed security for the Puck Building through Deutsche Bank. [11] In June 2013, a company associated with Kushner sold an apartment on Park Avenue to Ms. Vrablic and another Deutsche Bank colleague for approximately $1.5 million. [4] [12]
Other clients
Vrablic's other clients included Stephen M. Ross and Herbert Simon. [11] [8]