Jay Sidhu serves as Chief Executive Officer of Customers Bancorp, Inc., and Executive Chairman of Customers Bank. Under Jay’s management, Customers Bank grew from a $250 million troubled bank to over $20 billion in assets in approximately ten years. Prior to joining Customers Bank, he served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. There, he grew the organization from an Initial Public Offering of $12 million into the 17th largest banking institution in the country with a market cap of $12 billion at his retirement. Sidhu has received numerous recognitions in the industry, including Financial World's CEO of the Year, Turnaround Entrepreneur of the Year, and was named the Large Business Leader of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. He is the author of the Wallstreet Journal Bestseller Never Ever, Ever Give Up. Learn more at JaySSidhu.com.
Learning to Lead: The Pillars of Business Leadership
Authentic leadership is not something one is usually born with; it needs to be taught and practiced. In order to shape leaders in today’s environment, we need to help young people become more well-rounded individuals so they can tackle any kind of problem in any kind of situation. In 2004, …