Steven E. Trager, EXECUTIVE CHAIR, REPUBLIC BANK & TRUST COMPANY; EXECUTIVE CHAIR AND CEO, REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.
Steven E. Trager has served as Executive Chair of Republic Bank & Trust Company (the “Bank”) and Executive Chair and CEO of Republic Bancorp, Inc. (the company) since 2021. Previously, he served as Chairman and CEO of the Bank since 2012, and as President and CEO of Republic beginning in 1998. Mr. Trager began his career with the Bank in 1988 as General Counsel. Mr. Trager received his undergraduate degree in finance at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and engaged in the practice of law with the firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs. He has more than thirty years banking experience. In 1994, he provided the leadership resulting in the complex merger and reorganization of the Republic group of multiple banks into a consolidated and more efficient banking structure. He provided the leadership for the Company’s initial public offering. He has direct experience not only in banking, but also in finance, operations, and retail management. He also has leadership and directorate experience in multiple community service organizations. Mr. Trager is past chairman for the Kentucky Bankers Association, the University of Louisville Board of Overseers, the 2016 Fund for the Arts Campaign and Leadership Kentucky, and is a former board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Louisville Branch and the Louisville Regional Airport Authority. Mr. Trager currently serves on the Bellarmine University Board of Trustees. Mr. Trager’s past recognition includes the Louisvillian of the Year in 2017, the Lincoln Foundation’s 2018 Spirit of Excellence Award, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Man of the Year in 2003, and recipient of the 2003 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Southern Ohio and Kentucky region.