U.S. Bancorp (USB): America’s Sixth-Best CEO Will Give You an Investing Edge

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Those lessons came in handy. In the years leading up to the real-estate bubble bursting, “We were routinely criticized for not growing fast enough,” Davis states. But that prudence paid off, as his bank was one of the first to repay the federal government’s $6.6 billion in TARP funds — accomplishing the feat all the way back in June of 2009.

While investors are certainly happy that shares of U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB)’s stock have returned 250% since bottoming out in March of 2009, employees are also happy with the job this levelheaded CEO has done — with 95% approving of his performance.

The article America’s 6th-Best CEO Will Give You an Investing Edge originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Brian Stoffel.

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