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In 2006, they agreed to acquisition of Golden West Financial and its thrift, World Savings, by Wachovia Bank, The acquisition gave Wachovia an additional 285-branch network spanning 10 states. Wachovia greatly raised its profile in California, where Golden West held $32 billion in deposits and operated 123 branches. [ 10 ]
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In 1963, the Sandlers created Golden West Financial Corporation, a savings and loan holding company, to acquire Golden West Savings and Loan Association, the predecessor to World Savings Bank. Since that time, Golden West grew into one of the largest thrifts in the U.S. with assets of approximately $125 billion, deposits of $60 billion, and ...
Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, SWBC employs nearly 2,600 people nationwide and is licensed to do business in all 50 U.S. states. [2] SWBC is privately held by co-founders Chairman Charlie Amato and President Gary Dudley. [3] Although privately held, a public accounting firm audits the company's operations and financials on an annual basis.
Marion Osher Sandler (October 17, 1930 – June 1, 2012) [1] was the co-CEO (with her husband Herbert Sandler) of Golden West Financial Corporation and World Savings Bank.In 2004, after 43 years running Golden West Financial Corporation, she was described by the Columbia School of Journalism as "the first and longest-serving woman chief executive officer in the United States."
Golden West, which operated branches under the name World Savings Bank, was the second largest savings and loan in the United States. The business was a small savings and loan in the San Francisco Bay area when it was purchased in 1963 for $4 million by Herbert and Marion Sandler .
The bank primarily serves clients and operates full-service locations in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio metropolitan areas of Texas. [14] It also has an executive office in New York. [11] As of March 2023, the company held $28.4 billion in assets and had around 2,200 employees. [11]