Top Silicon Valley Bank execs worked at notoriously troubled Lehman Brothers, Deutsche Bank

Two executives at doomed Silicon Valley Bank and one of its corporate siblings faced social media scrutiny Monday over their ties to notoriously troubled financial giants — the now-shuttered Lehman Brothers and the scandal-scarred Deutsche Bank.

The employment records of SVB’s Kim Olson and SVB Securities executive Joseph Gentile raised eyebrows on social media after the tech lender’s rapid meltdown prompted fears of a systemic economic crisis. The feds were forced to bail out SVB on Sunday to restore public confidence in the banking sector.

Gentile serves as chief administrative officer of SVB Securities, a standalone investment bank wholly owned by parent company SVB Financial. But prior to taking that role in 2007, Gentile had a short stint as the chief financial officer for the fixed income division of Lehman Brothers’ Global Investment Bank.

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