Stewarding a $700 Billion Bank (John Stern, Vice Chair and CFO, U.S. Bancorp)

Investing In Integrity · Nov 5, 2026 · 51m

Podcast Description

John Stern is Vice Chair and Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Bancorp, the parent company of U.S. Bank, the fifth-largest commercial bank in America, with nearly $700 billion in assets and close to 70,000 employees.

In this episode of Investing In Integrity, our host Ross Overline and John, both Minnesota natives, trace John's path from Carver, Minnesota, a town of 200 people, to the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management and an MBA at the University of St. Thomas. His first finance internship was at Rainforest Cafe. When the company was sold, he joined U.S…