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Jamie Dimon: an incarnation of John Pierpont Morgan.

By Amarendra Bhushan for CEOWORLD Magazine Updated:September 29, 2008

Many of you remember John Pierpont Morgan, who established the original JPMorgan in 1871, structured a rescue of the banking system in the dread of 1895 and 1907. 100 years later, CEO Jamie Dimon is following in Morgan’s footsteps buying failed banks in the middle of financial anarchy or credit crisis of 2008.

With the acquisition of Washington Mutual, JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon is starting to give the impression of being a little more likes this century’s incarnation of John Pierpont Morgan. Should the economy deteriorate dramatically over the next several years, the rescue of Washington Mutual (WM) by JPMorgan Chase (JPM) will be remembered as the event that brought the American financial system to its knees.

Soon after JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon announced the takeover of Washington Mutual Inc., biggest bank failure in history, a 14-seat plane took off from White Plains, New York, carrying retail-banking chief Charles Scharf on a mission to Seattle to plant the lender’s octagonal logo in his new domain.

James Dimon Profile:

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase
Director since 2000 of JPMorgan Chase or a predecessor institution

Mr. Dimon became Chairman of the Board on December 31, 2006, and has been Chief Executive Officer and President of JPMorgan Chase since December 31, 2005. He had been President and Chief Operating Officer since JPMorgan Chase ’s merger with Bank One Corporation in July 2004. At Bank One he had been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since March 2000. Prior to Bank One, he had held various senior executive positions at Citigroup Inc., its subsidiary, Salomon Smith Barney, and its predecessor company, Travelers Group, Inc. Mr. Dimon is a graduate of Tufts University and received an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a director of The College Fund/UNCF and serves on the Board of Directors of The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Catalyst and Harvard Business School and is on the Board of Trustees of New York University School of Medicine.

James Dimon has been the Chief Executive Officer of JP Morgan Chase & Co., since December 2005 and its President since July 2004. Previously, Mr. Dimon served as a Chief Operating Officer of JP Morgan Chase & Co. since July 2004. Mr. Dimon served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bank One Corp., since March 27, 2000 until July 2004. He served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup Inc., a subsidiary Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc. from October 1998 to … November 1998. From November 1998 to March 2000, he was a Private Investor. Prior to that, he served as the President of Citigroup Inc., having held that position during October and November 1998 following the merger of Travelers Group Inc. and Citicorp.

He served as a President and Chief Operating Officer of J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc. since January 2004. From November 1993 to October 1998, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Travelers Group Inc., as well as serving in several other executive positions with Travelers’ subsidiaries Smith Barney Inc. and Salomon Barney Inc. during that period. He serves as Chairman and Director at The Clearing House LLC. He served as Chairman of Citigroup Inc. from October until November 1998. He serves as a Director of JP Morgan Chase & Co. He served as a Director of Yum! Brands Inc. since 1997 and was a Member of Audit, Corporate Governance, Executive, & Nominating Committees. He serves as a Director of College Fund/UNCF and serves on the Board of Directors of University of Chicago and Harvard Business School. He also serves as a Trustee of New York University Medical Center and a Director of the National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse. Mr. Dimon is a graduate of Tufts University and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Dimon left Citigroup in November 1998. It was rumored at the time that he and Weill got into an argument in 1997 over the perceived lack of promotion given by Dimon to Weill’s daughter, Jessica M. Bibliowicz. In his 2005 University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Fireside Chat and 2006 Kellogg School of Management interviews, Dimon stated that he was fired by Weill. In March 2000 Dimon became CEO of Bank One, then the nation’s fifth largest bank. He became president of J.P. Morgan Chase in mid-2004 when it acquired Bank One. Dimon was named to Time Magazine’s 2006 list of the world’s 100 most influential people.

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