Whitaker Bank Corporation
Type Parent
IndustryBanking
Founded1978 (1978)
FounderElmer Whitaker
Headquarters
Lexington, Kentucky

Whitaker Bank Corporation, or just Whitaker Bank, is a state bank headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, and operates its 44[1] locations throughout Central and Eastern Kentucky. The bank was founded in 1978 by Elmer Whitaker when he bought three bank charters in Central and Eastern Kentucky.[2] The bank grew through acquisitions of competitors and, in 2014 at the death of his founder, was among the largest banks in the state with over 500 employees and 2 billion dollars in assets.[2]

From 2011 until 2021, the company owned the naming rights to Whitaker Bank Ballpark.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bank Locations | Whitaker Bank Corporation Of Kentucky". www.whitakerbank.com. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  2. 1 2 "Kentucky banker, coal mine operator Elmer Whitaker, 85, dies". Kentucky.com. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  3. ↑ Maloney, Mark (21 January 2011). "Legends' stadium renamed Whitaker Bank Ballpark". kentucky. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
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