Quote of the day
My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.
Walter Wriston

Born: August 3, 1919
Died: January 19, 2005 (aged 85)
Bio: Walter Bigelow Wriston was a banker and former chairman and CEO of Citicorp. As chief executive of Citibank / Citicorp from 1967 to 1984, Wriston was widely regarded as the single most influential commercial banker of his time.
Known for:
- The twilight of sovereignty
- Risk & other four-letter words
- Bits, bytes, and balance sheets






