Babson Magazine

Spring 2014

News, Notes + Nods

Undergraduate

James Herbert is chairman and founding CEO of First Republic Bank, headquartered in San Francisco. The bank has announced that he will remain chair and CEO until 2017 and will continue as chair until 2020. In addition to California, the bank and wealth management company has offices in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, and Oregon. Before establishing First Republic in 1985, James was founding president, CEO, and a director of San Francisco Bancorp.