Ken Lewis: Bank Of America's Ceo Answers His Critics

摘要

Not long ago Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America, was being hailed-along with Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase-as one of banking's saviors, a savvy executive who stepped in to help Washington stabilize the system as Wall Street teetered last September. Now Lewis is being pilloried for acquiring a Merrill Lynch that's more toxic than anyone imagined-on the heels of buying LaSalle Bank and Countrywide Financial. There is even talk that his job is on the line. I interviewed Lewis at length on Feb. 6 and asked him more questions after his testimony on Capitol Hill on Feb. 11.