Herb Sandler

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Herb Sandler is together with his wife Marion Sandler the co-founder and co-chief executive of Golden West Financial Corp. in Oakland, the parent company of World Savings Bank, one of the US's largest savings and loans with assets of almost $80 billion, deposits of $46 billion and 9,300 employees as of November 30, 2003.

Golden West, which operates 477 offices in 38 states including California, is also one of the largest residential lenders in the United States, originating $25.1 billion of mortgages during the first nine months of 2003 and almost $27 billion in 2002.

Herb (72) and Marion (73), were married in 1961 and purchased Golden West in 1963.