Andrew Gissinger III (born July 4, 1959) is a former professional football player who became the president and

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of Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Gissinger also owned and managed a private equity company. Gissinger is the father of five sons.

Education

Gissinger was an academic All American and four-year

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at Syracuse University where he majored in business. He was the recipient of the ''Joseph Alexander Award'' for his athletic and academic accomplishments at

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. He attended Valley Forge High School in Parma Heights, Ohio.

Football

Gissinger was a 6'5", 280 pound

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selected with the first pick of the sixth round in the 1981 draft. He played his entire three-year

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career for the

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from 1982 - 1984. Gissinger ruptured two disks in his back which ended his professional sports career.

Banking

Gissinger served Countrywide Home Loans from 1994 through 1996, and then from 2000 through 2008 when the company was acquired by

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. While at Countrywide, Gissinger was the president and executive managing director of the Home Loans division. He became famous for leading the 2007 "Protect Our House" campaign which urged Countrywide employees to take criticism of the company as a personal attack. Bank of America retained Gissinger for a period of months after the acquisition to head several groups responsible for selling mortgages to consumers as the third highest-ranking official in the

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holding company. He was replaced by Craig Buffie, a 24-year Bank of America veteran. Prior to 2000, Gissinger owned and operated his own companies in real estate, development and mortgage banking.

References

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