Two executives at Silicon Valley Bank worked at banks that contributed to the Great Recession in 2008, it has been revealed.
Joseph Gentile joined the now-failed bank in 2007 after leaving his position as the chief financial officer at Lehman Brothers' Global Investment Bank.
His departure came just one year before Lehman Brothers, which was then the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States, collapsed — leading directly to the Great Recession.
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