Whitaker Bank Corporation

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Whitaker Bank Corporation
Company type Parent
Industry Financial services
Founded1978;47 years ago (1978)
FounderElmer Whitaker
Headquarters
Lexington, Kentucky
,
United States
Products banking services
Number of employees
500 (2014)
Website whitakerbank.com

Whitaker Bank Corporation, or just Whitaker Bank, is an American state bank headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky. By 2024, it operated its 44 locations throughout Central and Eastern Kentucky. [1] The bank was founded in 1978 by Elmer Whitaker when he bought three bank charters in Central and Eastern Kentucky. [2] The bank grew through acquisitions of competitors and, in 2014 at the death of his founder, was among the largest banks in the state with over 500 employees and 2 billion dollars in assets. [2]

From 2011 until 2021, the company owned the naming rights to Whitaker Bank Ballpark. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bank Locations | Whitaker Bank Corporation Of Kentucky". www.whitakerbank.com. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  2. 1 2 "Kentucky banker, coal mine operator Elmer Whitaker, 85, dies". Kentucky.com. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  3. ↑ Maloney, Mark (21 January 2011). "Legends' stadium renamed Whitaker Bank Ballpark". kentucky. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
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