Allan Aloysius Ryan (July 4, 1903 – October 13, 1981) was an American financier and politician from New York.
Ryan Sr. speculated heavily on the stock exchange, went bankrupt in 1922,[1] and was disinherited by his father.
In 1928, he inherited a fortune from his grandfather, and opened an investment banking firm with Charles H. Sabin Jr.[2] He got a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1930.
[4] Ryan Jr. had a country estate in Rhinebeck and bred Aberdeen Angus cattle in Dutchess County.
[6] During World War II he became a major in the U.S. Army, and served with the Allied Military Government in Europe.