Lauritzen Corporation

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Lauritzen Corporation is a financial and interstate bank holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Lauritzen Corporation controls ten bank charters (one national, nine federal and state) in Nebraska and Iowa, and has total assets of approximately $1.50 billion [1]. In addition to banks, Lauritzen Corporation has five holding companies and 15 insurance or financial companies. Lauritzen Corporation has an approximately 28% voting share in First National of Nebraska, Inc. [2]. All told, it is one of the 50 largest banks in the United States ranked by total deposits [3], and is ranked among the top 200 United States banks by The Banker financial journal [4].

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[edit] Ownership

Lauritzen Corporation is privately held primarily by the Lauritzen family, with Bruce R. Lauritzen exercising sole investment and voting power which he shares investment and voting power with his spouse Elizabeth D. Lauritzen [5]. Many members of the Lauritzen family are associated with the individual companies within the Lauritzen Corporation.

Bruce R. Lauritzen is Chief Executive Officer of Lauritzen Corporation; he is also Chairman of First National of Nebraska, Inc., First National Bank of Omaha, and more than a dozen other banks and bank holding companies operating in Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado, and Texas. His combined organizations have more than $16 billion in assets and 7,500 employees in 31 states [6].

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The Lauritzen Corporation has five holding companies, 10 banks, and 15 insurance or financial companies. Among them are:

Primary Ownership

Secondary Ownership

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Banking

Non-Banking

[edit] References

  1. ^ FDIC Federal Register Citations http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/federal/04cSIFFORDcra0517.html
  2. ^ Federal Register Online via GPO Access - See note C.2. - http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/03-17425.htm
  3. ^ Source: FDIC (as published in The New York Job Source) http://nyjobsource.com/banks.html
  4. ^ The Banker http://www.thebanker-database.co.uk/ranking-results.asp?rid=4&year=2003&sortby=12#;return%20false
  5. ^ SEC – EDGAROnline - Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management - see also footnote 1 - http://sec.edgar-online.com/2002/04/30/0000912057-02-017442/Section10.asp
  6. ^ Nebraska Business Hall of Fame - Bruce Lauritzen, 2006 http://www.cba.unl.edu/hof/index.asp?id=105