The Next Chapter
May 11, 2026
Jared Wolff steers Banc of California toward growth through relationship-driven banking.
In seven years as the Brentwood-based regional bank’s chair, president and chief executive, Jared Wolff, 57, has seen it all. He guided the bank – which provides banking and treasury management services to small, middle-market and venture-backed businesses – through the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2023 banking crisis and a merger with PacWest Bancorp the same year.
Today, regional economic pressures, a high-interest rate environment and steep competition for deposits throw curveballs at regional lenders’ growth strategies and profitability. But years of experience leading L.A.’s top banks prepared Wolff for these headwinds, he said.
“I’m able to operate with a lot more confidence, because each day, things arise and I can say, ‘Well, I’ve seen that before,’” Wolff said.
Balancing that kind of conviction and clarity, which Wolff said can be “magnetic” in business, with open-mindedness and delegation is key to his management style.
“Wins are always team wins when you have the right people and the right culture, and you stress communication, and then you let folks do their jobs,” he said. “I really don’t believe in decisions by consensus.”
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