Lewis "Lew" Ranieri (born 1947) is a former bond trader and former vice-chair of Salomon Brothers who is credited with popularizing the concept of securitization in the financial world. Ranieri's ...

Lewis Ranieri is considered the father of the mortgage-backed security. His invention enabled millions of Americans to afford homes, but its distortion and manipulation also helped cause the ...

(FORTUNE Magazine) – Lewis Ranieri is besieged by thoughts--an endless parade of business ideas, inventions, novel approaches, and the occasional house design. "It's a plague," says the 56-year ...

Lewis Ranieri is credited with inventing mortgage-backed securities two decades ago, and recently he sounded warnings about mortgage risks. Yet he couldn't save his own company from getting ...

Lewie Ranieri is known as the father of the mortgage-backed security. Now, he's crusading to rescue the real estate market that his invention helped destroy.

When Lewis Ranieri invented mortgage bonds, he never thought it would turn out this way. Four decades ago, Mr. Ranieri was at the helm of a revolution in how Americans finance their homes. Until ...

In December, Ranieri Solutions LLC, founded by chief executive Lewis S. Ranieri, raised $500,000 in debt financing, the first part of a $1.2 million round, according to Securities and Exchange ...

Ranieri Partners, which focuses on... The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday smacked the private-equity firm founded by Lewis Ranieri — the “godfather” of mortgage-backed ...

Lewis Ranieri, the father of mortgage securitization, wants people to know his creation isn't to blame for the housing crash.

New Residential Investment Corp.’s acquisition of Shellpoint Partners, a mortgage vehicle that is owned in part by Lewis Ranieri’s Ranieri Partners, is now complete. The companies announced ...