Jamie Dimon
New York, New York
Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
United States
JPMorgan Chase
banking, Self Made
$1,400,000,000
1717
#1717 Billionaires 2019
#19 Powerful People 2018
Jamie Dimon runs JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the U.S. in terms of assets.He began his finance career at American Express in 1982 and later helped build the modern day Citigroup. The Harvard grad joined JPMorgan Chase in 2004; he became CEO and chairman soon after.His move to unload $12 billion of subprime mortgages in 2006 buffered his bank against the 2008 crash. Dimon was a rumored candidate for President Trump's treasury secretary pick and sat on his policy forum until it was disbanded in August 2017.
His Greek grandfather worked at Bank of Athens and changed the family name from Papademetriou to Dimon. Dimon was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014, took time off work in 2015 after receiving treatment and then returned to work full time.
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