Profile: Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor

First Missouri State Bank

TITLE: Chairman, president and CEO of First Missouri State Bank of Cape County

AGE: 49

NATIVE OF: Cape Girardeau

NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI: 3; chartered in Cape County

NUMBER OF ATMs: 3

HOW HE GOT HIS START IN BANKING: I chose banking as my occupation in college. I started my career at Preston State Bank in Dallas, Texas.

WHAT'S SOMETHING YOU WISH YOU'D KNOWN WHEN YOU STARTED: That you don't get off work at 3 p.m. and everyone's not nice to you.

WHAT'S THE FASTEST GROWING ASPECT OF YOUR BANK? Luckily, all important factors are heading in the right direction — income, assets and customers.