Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici (c. 1360 – February 20/28 1429) was an Italian banker a member of Medici family of Florence and the founder of the Medici Bank. While other family members such as Chiarissimo di Giambuono de’ Medici who served in the Signoria in 1201 and Salvestro de’ Medici who was implicated in the Ciompi Revolt of 1378 are historically significant Giovanni’s founding of the family bank truly began the family’s rise to power in Florence.
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