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Greg Becker, the long-standing SVB chief sunk by a turn in interest rates

Chief executive of the collapsed lender personified the venture-backed tech boom before his ousting last week
Greg Becker said in an FT interview in January that failures and lay-offs in the tech industry were ‘part of the cycle’

It was a particularly bloody day for technology companies when Greg Becker, then the chief executive of Silicon Valley Bank, appeared on CNBC in late August. The tech-heavy Nasdaq stock index was down 2 per cent that session alone.

Yet Becker was his usual reassuring presence. The market correction would ultimately be healthy for the sector, he reasoned. In the meantime, the bank’s balance sheet had never been stronger and it had an enviable record.

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