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Alvin J. Boutte

1929–2012

United States

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Alvin J. Boutte Sr. (October 10, 1929 – April 1, 2012) was an American banker and businessman. He was co-founder, CEO, and chairman of Independence Bank — the largest Black-owned bank in the United States in the 1970s — and its holding company, Indecorp, Inc., which reclaimed that title in the 1990s with more than $200 million in assets.

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