C. Arnholt Smith

Conrad Arnholt Smith (known as C. Arnholt Smith) (March 13, 1899 in Walla Walla, Washington – June 8, 1996 in Del Mar, California) was an American banker, businessman, civic booster, political fundraiser and felon with prominent ties to San Diego, California.

The bank came with interests in other businesses, notably National Iron Works, which became a prominent ship builder and is today a division of General Dynamics.

Westgate-California had interests in real estate, seafood canneries, silver mines, and transportation companies, including Air California.

When Japan started offering cheaper tuna after 1950, Smith worked to break the union using new technology and Peruvian canneries.

[5] Smith's base was ownership of the United States National Bank in San Diego, of which he had purchased controlling interest in 1933.

[8] That same year, Smith was sued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for $45 million for engaging in "unsafe and unsound" banking practices.

[11] He served eight months in a county minimum-security Work Furlough Center in 1984 and 1985; his sentence was reduced due to his poor health.