Joseph Ainslie Bear (May 28, 1878 – July 13, 1955) was an American banker who co-founded the investment bank Bear Stearns.
Bear was born to a Jewish family on May 28, 1878, in Louisville, Kentucky.
[2] He worked at the bond trading firm J.J. Danzig where he met Harold C. Mayer and Robert B.
[2][3] In 1923, they founded Bear Stearns with $500,000 in capital.
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