Jamie Dimon

Jamie Dimon was born on March 13, 1956, in New York City to Theodore and Themis Dimon. A Queens native with a family background in finance, Dimon earned a bachelor's degree from Tufts University and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1982. He started as a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group before joining American Express under Sandy Weill. Dimon's ascent accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s alongside Weill. At age 30 in 1986, he became CFO and later president of Commercial Credit, overseeing acquisitions like Primerica in 1987 and Travelers in 1993. In 2000, Dimon became CEO of the struggling Bank One, revitalizing it through cost cuts before its 2004 merger with JPMorgan Chase, where he was named president and COO. He ascended to CEO on January 1, 2006, and chairman in 2007, leading acquisitions like Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual in 2008 amid the financial crisis, bolstering JPMorgan's retail and investment banking.