Community bank surges in revenues, profits and people

The payroll at Seminole-based First Home Bank recently surpassed 300 people.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 6:00 a.m. June 15, 2018
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Mark Wemple. Tony Leo was named CEO at Seminole-based First Home Bank in 2013.
Mark Wemple. Tony Leo was named CEO at Seminole-based First Home Bank in 2013.
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It was more than a decade ago when Tony Leo gave up a plum executive position at a $4 billion, 81-branch Harrisburg, Pa.-based bank and moved to Sarasota. His goal: grow a community bank focused on customers of all sizes and ages — not just cater to developers and real estate speculators.

 

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