Gray Choices: Lessons in Ethics from Banker to Inmate with Shaun Hayes
MPF Discussion with Shaun Haynes
About Shaun Hayes
Shaun Hayes is a former CEO, entrepreneur, author, speaker, and convicted felon whose journey defies simple categorization. Starting his first business at 16, he rose through the banking world at breakneck speed: heading corporate banking at 26, buying his first bank at 29, and becoming CEO at 32. As cofounder and CEO of Allegiant Bancorp, a Russell 2000 company and one of the largest publicly held bank holding companies in St. Louis, he sold his company at 44 for $475 million.
Five years after that monumental sale, Shaun made a decision that changed everything. He committed a felony that landed him in f
What happens when a self-made millionaire who sold his company for nearly half a billion dollars ends up behind bars? This extraordinary episode takes you inside one of the most cautionary tales in modern business history.
federal prison eight years later. Today, he shares the hard-won lessons from both his meteoric rise and devastating fall.
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What You’ll Discover in This Episode
In this gripping 54-minute conversation, Shaun opens up about his journey from the boardroom to the cellblock, exploring the intoxicating allure of early success, the audacious move of buying a bank at 28, and the gray area between right and wrong where successful people convince themselves that ethical compromises are justified. We discuss the fatal mistakes that transformed a celebrated CEO into an inmate and the redemptive power of owning your failures.
We also dive deep into Shaun’s powerful book, “The Gray Choice,” which examines the subtle ethical compromises that can lead successful people down destructive paths.
Connect with Shaun Hayes
Website: www.shaunhayes.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_Shaun_Hayes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheShaunHayes LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaun-hayes-7a613813/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheShaunHayes/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theshaunhayes Purchase “The Gray Choice”: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gray-Cho
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