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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★Financial World's CEO of the Year
★Turnaround Entrepreneur of the Year
★Chamber of Commerce Large Business Leader of the Year
★Richard J Caron Award of Excellence
★Hero of Liberty Award from National Liberty Museum
★Philadelphia Business Journal Most Admired CEOs (2014)
★Ernst & Young Fintech Entrepreneur of The Year
★CEO of the Year Award from Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia (2017)
★Philadelphia Business Journal's Power 100 (2016-2019)
★Philadelphia Business Journal's Change Driver Award
Notable Facts
→Executive Chairman of Customers Bancorp, a $22+ billion publicly traded bank (NYSE: CUBI)
→Previously built Sovereign Bank from $12M IPO to $12B market cap, 17th largest US bank
→Transformed Customers Bank from $250M troubled institution to $20+ billion in assets
→Author of 'Never Ever, Ever Give Up' autobiography
→Has Wilkes University business school named after him (Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership)
→Born in India, emigrated to US in 1971
→Regular international speaker on leadership and emotional intelligence
→Served on board of Banco Santander in Madrid
→Co-founded BankMobile with daughter in 2015
→Recently transitioned from CEO to Executive Chairman (Jan 2026)
→Harvard Business School Leadership Course graduate
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Others at Customers Bancorp, Inc.
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