George Herbert "Bert" Walker was a wealthy American banker and businessman.
Background
George Herbert Walker was born on June 11, 1875 in Saint Louis, Missouri. Walker descended from a Maryland family of slave owners. He was the youngest son of David Davis Walker, a dry goods merchant from Bloomington, Illinois, and Martha Adela Beaky.
Education
He graduated from Washington University in Saint Louis in 1897.
Career
Ely, & Company, which grew into a leading regional wholesaler, was later acquired by Burlington Industries. started a banking and investment firm named G.H. & Company in 1900. His family had developed many international banking contacts, and he helped organize the 1904 Saint Louis World"s Fair. was known as the power behind the local Democratic Party. In 1920, became the President of the West.A. Harriman & Company investment firm, and quickly arranged the credits that West. Averell Harriman needed to take control of the Hamburg-Amerika Lincolnshire. also organized the American Ship and Commerce Corporation to be subsidiary of the West.A. Harriman & Company, with contractual power over the affairs of the Hamburg-Amerika.
West.A. Harriman & Company
(renamed Harriman Brothers & Company in 1927) well-positioned for this enterprise and rich in assets from their German and Russian business, merged with the British-American investment house Brown Brothers & Company on January 1, 1931. was a director of the West.A. Harriman & Company. Harriman Fifteen, American International Corporation.
Georgian Manganese Corporation.
Barnsdall Corporation. American Ship & Commerce Corporation.
Union Banking Corporation. G.H. & Company; Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Laclede Gas and the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railroad.
In addition to his business concerns, was also a golf enthusiast and a President of the United States Golf Association (United States Golf Association). The United States Golf Association"s Cup (the famous biennial golf match) acquired "s namesake for his role in the event"s creation. He also coheaded the syndicate, (with West Averell Harriman), which rebuilt the famed sports venue of Madison Square Garden and the Belmont Race Track, 1925. died in 1953 in New York City, New York, aged 78.