VITAL STATISTICS
Age: 55Where born: Ogden
Family: Wife, Cleone E. Peterson; and children Clista Hope Eccles Clark, Lisa Ellen, Katherine Ann and Spencer P.
Education: Bachelor's degree in banking and finance from the University of Utah; and a master's degree in banking and finance from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business.
Primary products: First Security is a bank holding company offering financial services.
Primary markets: Utah, Idaho and Wyoming.
Number of employees: 4,100.
Assets and annual revenues: $5.5 billion in assets and $500 million in revenues.
PERSONALITY PROFILE
First "real" job: Inventory stock clerk and "general floor sweeper" for my dad's company, Mountain States Implement Co. in Ogden.
Management style: I'm a people person who is optimistic, participative, caring, relaxed (they tell me in an intense sort of way) and highly cognizant of how important the rest of the team is to reaching any goal.
Strategy for success: Surround yourself with good people who will tell you the truth, then get into the "trenches" with them and give 110 percent effort.
A memorable failure: I'm still working on a number, so it's too soon to say which one will be most memorable!
Heroes: My Scottish grandfather, David Eccles, the patriarch of the Eccles clan; and the late Elder N. Eldon Tanner, former counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Leisure time and hobbies: Skiing, tennis, golf and travel with my family and getting new business for First Security.
Favorite book and movie: "Men to Match My Mountains" by the late Irving Stone; and "Shane" starring Alan Ladd.