Greg Becker, the chief executive officer who presided over the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank, joined the company three decades ago as a loan officer. The executive cut
The executive cut his teeth during the dotcom bubble and later steered the startup-focused lender in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. He became president and CEO of SVB Financial Group in 2011.
The executive sent a video message to employees on Friday acknowledging the"incredibly difficult" 48 hours leading up to the bank's collapse. Becker, who served on the board of directors at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, departed the board effective Friday, a spokesperson for the regional Fed bank said.“We're optimistic because our crystal ball is a little clearer," Becker told CNBC. While he expected public markets to stabilise,"we still think in the first half there is going to be more volatility".
"We took losses. It was a challenging time for us ... I look back on it fondly. I learned a lot about the institution. I learned a lot about how to lend money," he said.
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