Herman Kountze (August 21, 1833 – November 20, 1906) was a powerful and influential pioneer banker in Omaha, Nebraska, during the late 19th century. After organizing the Kountze Brothers Bank in 1857 as the second bank in Omaha,[1] Herman and his brothers Augustus, Charles and Luther changed the charter in 1863, opening the First National Bank of Omaha that year.[2] Kountze was involved in a number of influential ventures around Omaha, including the development of the Omaha Stockyards and the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition of 1898.[3] Immediately after his death Kountze was regarded as one of Omaha's "old settlers".[4] Today Kountze's First National Bank is the oldest bank west of the Mississippi River,[5] and continues as a privately held company in its sixth generation of family ownership.[6]
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