The Jamie Dimon Interview
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The Jamie Dimon Interview

B1IntermediateJuly 16, 20251 hr 7 min

We sit down with Jamie Dimon for a live conversation at Radio City Music Hall, covering the incredible journey from his 1998 firing at Citgroup (where he was widely expected to become CEO) to building the most powerful bank in the world. Today JPMorgan Chase is a juggernaut — the most systemically important non-governmental financial institution in the world, with over twice the market capitalization of its nearest competitor. But it certainly wasn’t always this way! Jamie takes us from his career restart at the struggling Chicago-based Bank One through how he transformed that platform into the foundation for the mode...

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David, we completely blew it. We went into Jamie Dimon's office, had our little meet and greet. We did not ask about the duel pistols.

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Yeah, from the duel, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, which JP Morgan owns and keeps in their headquarters. And we blew it. We didn't ask to see them. We'll just have to come back.

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When they finish the new building, I'm sure they will be in the executive floor. We can go get a viewing of the piece of American history. All right, speaking of American history, let's do it.

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