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Jim Gray began his business career in the automobile business upon his graduation from California State University-Long Beach. He sold his last dealership in early 1991. Jim was Co-founder of Harbor Bank headquartered in Long Beach California in 1974. He served as Chairman of the Board and CEO from 1976 until the sale of Harbor Bank to City National Bank in early 1998. In 1999 Jim founded Generations Trust Bank and served as Chairman until its sale to Union Bank in 2002. Generations Trust Bank was a national bank chartered by the Comptroller of the Currency for trust powers only and at the time of its sale was approximately $1 billion in size. In June of 2004 Gray co-founded Beach Business Bank which is headquartered in Manhattan Beach California with a full service branch in Long Beach and a loan production office located in Encino.
Gray was President of the California Bankers Association in 1985-1986 and was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Bankers Association from 1991-1996. He served as Treasurer of the American Bankers Association from 1993-1995. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Banker award presented at the January 2007 Bank President’s Conference of the California Bankers Association.
An active member of the Long Beach community Gray was the founding Chairman of the Aquarium of the Pacific a past President of the Chamber of Commerce a member of the Port of Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners Chairman of United Way and was named as the Entrepreneur of the Year by the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce in 2002. Jim served as an elected member of the Board of Education in Long Beach and as a Trustee for the Long Beach Community College district. He was appointed by the Governor of California to serve as a Trustee for the California State University system from 1990-1999. In May of 2000 Gray received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from his alma mater Cal State-Long Beach.
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