Warren Stephens

February 18, 1957

Little Rock, Arkansas , United States

He is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Incorporated., a full service, privately held investment bank. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. At that time, the firm resembled and operated much like one of the old British merchant banks, investing the firm’s and family funds in various businesses and ventures, and it still operates the same way today. Incorporated is noted for handling the IPO of Wal-Mart Stores in 1970. began work as an associate in the corporate finance department, concentrating on oil and gas. He became head of the department in 1983 and spent a lot of time on mergers and acquisitions. On February 18, 1986, was appointed president and Chief Executive Officer of Incorporated. In 1990, he was the senior advisor to Tyson Foods in their acquisition of Holly Farms in a nine-month takeover battle. He is only the third Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer in the firm’s more than 80 years of operations since 1933. In 2006, acquired 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Incorporated from the other family members. Stephen serves on the Board of Directors of Dillard’son We are under no illusion that anyone would ride to our rescue so you cannot ever take a risk that could jeopardize the ability of the firm to survive,” Warren once told employees. has written that the effect of Dodd-Frank and its favored treatment of the “too big to fail” is a basic threat to the United States economy. serves on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Washington and Lee University.

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Stephens was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Mary Amerine Stephens and Jackson T. Stephens, an investor and financier.

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Jack Stephens was partners with his brother, Witt Stephens, in the investment firm, Stephens Incorporated. Stephens began his education in Little Rock, and in 1975 graduated from Trinity Presbyterian High School in Montgomery, Alabama. He graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, and he received his Master of Business Administration from Wake Forest University in 1981.

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He is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Incorporated., a full service, privately held investment bank. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. At that time, the firm resembled and operated much like one of the old British merchant banks, investing the firm’s and family funds in various businesses and ventures, and it still operates the same way today.

Incorporated is noted for handling the IPO of Wal-Mart Stores in 1970. began work as an associate in the corporate finance department, concentrating on oil and gas.

He became head of the department in 1983 and spent a lot of time on mergers and acquisitions. On February 18, 1986, was appointed president and Chief Executive Officer of Incorporated.

In 1990, he was the senior advisor to Tyson Foods in their acquisition of Holly Farms in a nine-month takeover battle. He is only the third Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer in the firm’s more than 80 years of operations since 1933.

In 2006, acquired 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Incorporated from the other family members.

Stephen serves on the Board of Directors of Dillard’son We are under no illusion that anyone would ride to our rescue so you cannot ever take a risk that could jeopardize the ability of the firm to survive,” Warren once told employees. has written that the effect of Dodd-Frank and its favored treatment of the “too big to fail” is a basic threat to the United States economy. serves on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Washington and Lee University.

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