March 14, 2023

Inside the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

Gregory Becker, the chief executive of Silicon Valley Bank, leaned back in his chair at a technology conference last week in San Francisco’s luxurious Palace Hotel, and delivered a bullish message.


In the confident, almost bombastic, style that was his signature, Mr. Becker told the audience of investors, Wall Street analysts and technology executives that Tuesday afternoon that the future of the tech industry was sparkling — and so was Silicon Valley Bank’s place within it.

Ref: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/business/silicon-valley-bank-gregory-becker.html