JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a global provider of financial services with headquarters in NYC. The company offers services in consumer banking, investment banking, commercial banking, and asset management for people, businesses, institutions, and governments worldwide.

According to market capitalization, it is the biggest company in the world as of 2023. According to the Financial Stability Board, it is a systemically important firm in the market because it is one of the four largest companies.

The JPMorgan Chase Building, which is presently under construction, will eventually house the company’s headquarters, which are currently located at 383 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.

Numerous global financial institutions compete with JPMorgan, including Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and Co., and Goldman Sachs Group.

These institutions include banks, brokerage firms, hedge funds, investment banking companies, commodity trading companies, private equity firms, insurance companies, and investment managers.

Being one of the prominent financial service companies in the world, the credit of making it this successful goes to 67-year old Jamie Dimon, who has been the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase since 2005.

Who is Jamie Dimon?

1. Jamie Dimon was born in New York City in 1956 to a family of finance and banking professionals
2. He completed his graduation in psychology and economics from Tufts University, Massachusetts and MBA from Harvard Business School in 1982
3. After completing master’s, Dimon turned down offers at numerous large firms to take a position at American Express Co., an American multinational financial services company
4. He left American Express and became Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and later president of Commercial Credit, industry-leading commercial finance company
5. In 2000, he became chairman and CEO of Bank One, a full service commercial bank in USA
6. JPMorgan Chase purchased Bank One in 2004, and Dimon became president and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the combined company at that time
7. Later in 2005, he became the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, and since then he has served in these roles
8. Jamie Dimon served on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2010
9. He was included in Time magazine’s 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011 lists of the world’s 100 most influential people
10. As of 2024, Dimon’s net worth is estimated at 240 crores USD, according to Forbes