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2. He founded Harriman Bros bank that merged into Brown Bros H. and then became Union Banking

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Tue Dec 6, 2022, 08:05 AM

Dec 2022

Harriman's banking interests including Union Banking (created in merger with Fritz Thyssen who was banker for Nazi Party) where Preston Bush was a director were seized by US Govt in 1942 due to their history of financing Nazis.

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Somehow bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #1

He founded Harriman Bros bank that merged into Brown Bros H. and then became Union Banking wishstar Dec 2022 #2