In November of 2005, The Bank of Princeton was just an idea, an idea shared at a meeting between Stephen Distler and Ross Wishnick. Mr. Distler came to this meeting following a successful career in New York at the investment banking firm of Warburg Pincus. Mr. Wishnick came to this same meeting following a career in real estate development and as a founding director of nearby First Washington State Bank which was founded in 1989.