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Eric Hovde: “I started my first company, Hovde Financial, and then…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Eric Hovde interview on Western Wisconsin Journal

Published | Video Starts at 01:43

He was the highest ranking official from Wisconsin and president Reagans administration. And I started working for an investment advisory business. And shortly thereafter I decided to start my own company. … I started my first company, Hovde Financial, and then started Hovde Capital and started building a variety of different companies. … buying trouble, community banks, fixing them up, and that became a main business for me. But then I've got into other things. I'm standing in my real estate company's offices right now. (01:43–01:58)

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