George Herbert Walker

American Financier

George Herbert Walker was born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States on June 11th, 1875 and is the American Financier. At the age of 78, George Herbert Walker biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

Date of Birth
June 11, 1875
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Death Date
Jun 24, 1953 (age 78)
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
Profession
Banker, Financier
George Herbert Walker Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

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George Herbert Walker Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Education
Washington University in St. Louis
George Herbert Walker Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Lucretia Wear
Children
Dorothy Wear, George Herbert Walker Jr., John M. Walker
Dating / Affair
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Parents
David Davis Walker, Martha Adela Beaky
Siblings
George Herbert Walker Bush, (grandson), George Walker Bush, (great grandson)
George Herbert Walker Career

Walker started a banking and investment firm named G.H. Walker & Co. in 1900. His family had developed many international banking contacts, and he helped organize the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Walker was known as the power behind the local Democratic Party.

In 1920, Walker became the President of the W.A. Harriman & Co. investment firm, and quickly arranged the credits that W. Averell Harriman needed to take control of the Hamburg-Amerika Line. Walker also organized the American Ship and Commerce Corp. to be subsidiary of the W.A. Harriman & Co., with contractual power over the affairs of the Hamburg-Amerika. W.A. Harriman & Co. (renamed Harriman Brothers & Company in 1927) well-positioned for this enterprise and rich in assets from their German and Russian business, merged with the British-American investment house Brown Bros. & Co. on January 1, 1931. Walker retired to his own G.H. Walker & Co. This left the Harriman brothers, his son-in-law Prescott Bush and Thatcher M. Brown as senior partners of the new firm of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. The firm's London branch continued operating under its historic name Brown, Shipley & Co.

Walker was a director of the W.A. Harriman & Company; Harriman Fifteen, American International Corporation; Georgian Manganese Corporation; Barnsdall Corporation; American Ship & Commerce Corporation; Union Banking Corporation; G.H. Walker & Company; Missouri Pacific Railroad; Laclede Gas and the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railroad.

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