Kerry Killinger

Kerry Killinger (born June 6, 1949) is an American businessman and author. He is founder and CEO of Crescent Capital Associates,[1] and previously served as chairman and chief executive officer of Washington Mutual from 1990 until 2008.[2][3]

He and his wife Linda co-authored the 2021 book Nothing is Too Big to Fail: How the Last Financial Crisis Informs Today.[4] The book received the Axiom Business Book Awards Bronze Medal,[5] the Nautilus Award for Journalism and Investigative Reporting Silver Medal,[6] and the IPPY award for Finance/Investments/Economics.[7]

  1. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-killinger-18279026 [self-published source]
  2. ^ Jesse Hamilton (December 4, 2013). "Ex-WaMu CEO Killinger Said to Be Near Settlement in Bank Failure". Bloomberg News.
  3. ^ Grind, Kirsten (June 20, 2012). "The Inside Story of WaMu - The Biggest Bank Failure in American History". www.cnbc.com.
  4. ^ Killinger, Kerry; Killinger, Linda (23 March 2021). Nothing is Too Big to Fail. RosettaBooks. ISBN 9781948122764.
  5. ^ "2021 Medalists".
  6. ^ https://nautilusbookawards.com/2022-winners-cat-11-20/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ "2022 Medalists- General Categories 1-58".