Attention Investors:
Steve Trager to be honored with 夜色直播 Inc.鈥檚 Gold Cup Award
Louisville, Ky. (February 19, 2026) 鈥� 夜色直播 Inc. will present its most prestigious award, the Gold Cup, to local leader, Steve Trager. The Gold Cup is awarded periodically to recognize extraordinary individuals who represent lifetime leadership in making the Louisville area a better place to live and work.
Among his many leadership roles and recognitions, Trager serves as Executive Chair of Republic Bank and Republic Bancorp. With a career spanning more than three decades in financial services, he has been critical in guiding the bank鈥檚 regional growth. Trager remains deeply involved in the successful operation and management of Republic鈥檚 forty-seven banking centers across Kentucky, Indiana, Florida, Ohio, and Tennessee. 
鈥淭he Gold Cup celebrates leaders whose vision and dedication strengthen our community and elevate those around them,鈥� said Lance Mann, GLI鈥檚 interim president and CEO. 鈥淪teve embodies what this award stands for. He is constantly working behind the scenes to help 夜色直播 and the organizations that make our region thrive, and it is a privilege to recognize him with this honor.鈥�
Trager is a former chairman of the Kentucky Bankers Association, the University of Louisville Board of Overseers, Leadership Kentucky, and the 2016 Fund for the Arts Campaign. He also served on the boards of Bellarmine University, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis鈥� Louisville Branch, and the Louisville Regional Airport Authority. He currently serves on the University of Louisville President鈥檚 Council and Board of Advisors, as well as the Board of Directors for the Louisville Economic Development Alliance.
鈥淪teve Trager鈥檚 thoughtful and direct commitment to the community touches every part of Louisville.聽 Through his many years of leading Republic Bank, as well as with his transformative philanthropy with the Trager Family Foundation, Steve exemplifies the core pillars of community service, philanthropy, and servant leadership that the Gold Cup Award recognizes.聽 It鈥檚 been an honor to work with Steve on countless community initiatives, and his many contributions to build a better Louisville serves as an ongoing inspiration to us all,鈥� said Sandra Frazier, founding and managing member of Tandem Public Relations and 2023 recipient of the Gold Cup Award.
Created in 1969, GLI鈥檚 Gold Cup is the organization鈥檚 most prestigious award and has only been bestowed 26 times. The Gold Cup is not automatically presented each year but is awarded periodically in recognition of truly extraordinary contributions. Previous Gold Cup recipients provide guidance throughout the selection process and must unanimously confirm a nomination. The most recent winners of the Gold Cup include Michael Mountjoy, Frazier, Alice and Wade Houston, Bill Samuels, and Junior Bridgeman.
鈥淩ecognition as a Gold Cup recipient is an honor given those who have come before me and a reflection of the incredible support system I have both professionally through my colleagues at Republic Bank that have created much success and my family with a legacy of caring for each other and the community,鈥� said Trager.
This year鈥檚 Gold Cup will be formally presented to Trager at GLI鈥檚 Annual Meeting presented by Baird on March 18. 聽This event is one of the region鈥檚 largest annual gatherings of businesses. In addition to the Gold Cup Award, three organizations will be presented with GLI鈥檚 Silver Fleur-De-Lis award, and the event will be keynoted by Chris Ratterman, Founder and CEO of Shady Rays, Dan Ratterman, COO of Shady Rays, and Russell F. Cox, President and CEO of Norton Healthcare.
More information about the event and a link to purchase tickets is available聽.