Bronson Thayer

Chairman of the board and CEO of Florida Business Bankgroup Inc

Veteran Florida banker and Tampa civic leader Bronson Thayer died Christmas Eve 2016, family members confirmed late Sunday. He was 77. hayer was chairman of Bay Cities Bank and a board member of WEDU, the local public television station. He served on the Florida Council of 100, the boards of the Tampa Museum of Art and the University of South Florida Foundation and was director of the Bok Tower Gardens Foundation. Along with his wife, Stella Ferguson Thayer, an attorney and co-owner of Tampa Bay Downs, he was named 2014 Citizen of the Year by the Economic Club of Tampa. They were married 47 years. A Harvard College graduate, he earned an MBA from New York University. After a spell working in New York, Thayer became a prominent member of Tampa’s banking community. He was chairman of the board and CEO of Florida Business Bankgroup Inc., as well as former chief of Tampa’s First Florida Banks Inc., and a past chairman of the Florida Chamber of Commerce. His marriage to Stella Ferguson Thayer made him part of the powerful Lykes family. His heyday was in the 1980s when the Lykes-controlled First Florida Banks enjoyed an economic boom and became a regional heavyweight with 144 offices and about 4,000 employees along Florida’s west coast. It was sold to Barnett Banks in 1992 After a hiatus, he returned to banking around 1999, starting Bay Cities Banks. Its stock offering resulted in the sale of $13-million in shares.

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H Wayne Huizenga	Lamar Alexander, John Cornyn, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Bill Nelson, Katherine Harris, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, Sam Melville Gibbons, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, Continue the Majority, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Bill Sutton, Bill Grant, Tom Gallagher, George S Lemieux, Charlie Crist
Mel Sembler	Lamar Alexander, Gus Bilirakis, John Cornyn, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Adam Putnam, Charles William Young, Michael Bilirakis, Katherine Harris, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, David Jolly, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Continue the Majority, George T Hudson, Mitt Romney, Bill Sutton, Dennis A. Ross, Kelly Ayotte, Carlos Curbelo, Charlie Crist
Charles Cobb Jr	Lamar Alexander, John Cornyn, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Charles William Young, Katherine Harris, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Continue the Majority, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Bill Sutton, Tom Gallagher, Dennis A. Ross, Kelly Ayotte, Carlos Curbelo, Charlie Crist
Richard D Fain	Lamar Alexander, John Cornyn, John Kerry, Mel Martinez, Bill Nelson, Charles William Young, Michael Bilirakis, Jim Davis, Katherine Harris, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, Sam Melville Gibbons, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Kelly Ayotte, Gwen Graham, Carlos Curbelo
Stanley Tate	Gus Bilirakis, John Cornyn, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Katherine Harris, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, Continue the Majority, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Sutton, Tom Gallagher, Dennis A. Ross, Kelly Ayotte, Carlos Curbelo, Charlie Crist
Jose Fanjul	Evan Bayh, Gus Bilirakis, John Cornyn, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Adam Putnam, Katherine Harris, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, David Jolly, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Bill Grant, Dennis A. Ross, Carlos Curbelo
John D Rood	David Perdue, Lamar Alexander, John Cornyn, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Bill Nelson, Adam Putnam, Katherine Harris, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, David Jolly, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Mitt Romney, Tom Gallagher, Carlos Curbelo, Charlie Crist
Thomas A James	Lamar Alexander, Gus Bilirakis, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Charles William Young, Michael Bilirakis, Katherine Harris, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, Sam Melville Gibbons, David Jolly, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, Mitt Romney, George S Lemieux, Charlie Crist
Carol Jenkins Barnett	David Perdue, Lamar Alexander, Gus Bilirakis, Mel Martinez, Adam Putnam, Katherine Harris, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, David Jolly, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Dennis A. Ross, George S Lemieux, Kelly Ayotte, Carlos Curbelo, Charlie Crist
George G Daniels	David Perdue, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Bill Nelson, Katherine Harris, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, James Bacchus, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Continue the Majority, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, George S Lemieux, Kelly Ayotte, Charlie Crist
Howard M Jenkins	David Perdue, Gus Bilirakis, Mel Martinez, Adam Putnam, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, David Jolly, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Continue the Majority, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Dennis A. Ross, Kelly Ayotte, Carlos Curbelo, Charlie Crist
Cesar L Alvarez	Evan Bayh, John Kerry, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Bob Menendez, Bill Nelson, Connie Mack III, Sam Melville Gibbons, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, George S Lemieux, Carlos Curbelo, Charlie Crist
Alfred Hoffman Jr	Lamar Alexander, John Cornyn, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Charles William Young, Michael Bilirakis, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Continue the Majority, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Tom Gallagher, Kelly Ayotte, Carlos Curbelo, Charlie Crist
John Catsimatidis	John Bennett Johnston Jr, David Perdue, Evan Bayh, Gus Bilirakis, John Cornyn, John Kerry, Bob Menendez, Bill Nelson, Connie Mack III, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Kelly Ayotte, Carlos Curbelo, Charlie Crist
Charles R. Black	David Perdue, Lamar Alexander, John Cornyn, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Katherine Harris, Bill McCollum, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Bill Grant, George S Lemieux, Kelly Ayotte, Charlie Crist
E Llwyd Ecclestone Jr	David Perdue, John Cornyn, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Bill Nelson, Katherine Harris, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Tom Gallagher, Carlos Curbelo
Richard DeVos	David Perdue, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Katherine Harris, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Continue the Majority, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, George S Lemieux, Kelly Ayotte, Carlos Curbelo, Charlie Crist
Betty Sembler	Lamar Alexander, Gus Bilirakis, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Charles William Young, Katherine Harris, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, David Jolly, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Continue the Majority, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Sutton, Charlie Crist
Kenneth J Feld	Gus Bilirakis, John Cornyn, Mel Martinez, Bill Nelson, Adam Putnam, Charles William Young, Jim Davis, Katherine Harris, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, Alex Sink, Dennis A. Ross, Gwen Graham, Charlie Crist
C Boyden Gray	David Perdue, Lamar Alexander, John Cornyn, Connie Mack IV, Mel Martinez, Michael Bilirakis, Connie Mack III, Bill McCollum, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Kelly Ayotte

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Date of death	Dec 24 '16
Aliases	A Bronson Thayer

Bronson Thayer

Chairman of the board and CEO of Florida Business Bankgroup Inc

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