"Who sits atop" doesn't necessarily imply a chairman or bankster...

Here's the trick, banksters don't really know IT, but banking systems are mostly IT.

So it could actually be someone in big tech, or fintech, with a ton of influence or foot already in the door, such as Bill Gates.

Much of the world and its financial transactions occur on IT computer systems and networks. Who runs these? Who protects these platforms and networks?

The military does. And who controls the military? Retarded politicians, sometimes. Other times it's COG-level cronies like Cheney. Other times, bribery.

It's a complex issue with many people's hands in the cookie jar I guess. Probably built that way on purpose, the abstraction allows the system to get pushed and pulled by many different players without having a total bust.

Then again, banks are different from actual wealth like land and gold.