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John Allison

Co-Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Home Bancshares

Search every verified John Allison interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. John Allison, chairman and CEO of Home Bancshares, has been active in discussing the banking industry and his company's performance. In a September 2022 interview, Allison described Home Bancshares' acquisition strategy, stating that the company models every acquisition at 33 percent cost savings and has completed 25 trades that were all accretive. He noted that the company has built a "fortress balance sheet" and is sitting on over $4 billion in liquidity. Allison also expressed concern about fintech lenders, saying they "scare the heck out of me" because they use algorithms to lend without a core deposit funding base and do not adequately address repayment plans. He stated that he pays attention to Jamie Dimon and agrees with him on 95 percent of issues, particularly on inflation and longer rates. In a 2021 appearance, Allison discussed his leadership philosophy and the role of Objectivism in his career. He stated that during his 20-year tenure as CEO of BB&T, the bank grew from $4.5 billion to $150 billion in assets and went through the financial crisis without a single quarterly loss. Allison said the bank's purpose was "to make the world a better place to live by helping our clients achieve economic success and financial security." He also discussed creating 62 university programs on the moral foundations of capitalism, saying many people believed the system produced better goods and services but was somehow unethical. Allison has continued to advocate for free-market principles and criticize government regulation, stating in a 2021 interview that "we don't have rule of law in the U.S., we have rule of regulators."

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“Giant Days had half its readership on Comixology, and when Comixology was torpedoed the place where people went to find my comics disappeared — that plank is gone, and after that every series I did struggled because issue one would go in strong and then the rest would trickle down; it's very hard in the era of limited orders for the direct market.”

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