Finance chiefs desert Saudi business summit as backlash to missing journalist intensifies October 16, 2018 The global boycott of a high-profile Saudi investor conference gathered pace yesterday as the bosses of JP Morgan, Ford, Blackstone and BlackRock led an executive exodus following the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The US resident and critic of the Saudi government has not been seen since entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October. [...]
Chief exec gender imbalance will take a decade to fix, says JP Morgan boss Dimon September 27, 2018 A wave of female chief executive officers could be at least a decade away, according to chief executive of JP Morgan Chase & Co Jamie Dimon. Speaking at a female leadership event in New York yesterday Dimon said it could be between 10 to 15 years until women make up 10 per cent to [...]
Round 2… Fight! Trump hits back at JP Morgan boss Dimon September 13, 2018 US President Donald Trump hit back today at JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon who yesterday said he could beat Trump in a presidential race. Trump tweeted: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1040198906842427392 Dimon, a donor to the Democratic Party, yesterday said he could beat Trump because “I'm as tough as he is, I'm smarter than he is”. Dimon said he [...]
JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon: Banks are under assault January 14, 2015 The flood of megafines and regulations being inflicted on banks amounts to an “assault” by a multitude of authorities, JP Morgan’s boss Jamie Dimon claimed yesterday. Such a sustained attack threatens the competitiveness of the US as a whole, the chairman and chief executive said in an unusually outspoken defence of the industry. “Banks are [...]
JP Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimon is “clear of cancer” December 5, 2014 JP Morgan boss Jame Dimon has told employees he is clear of throat cancer. In an internal memo sent to staff, the 58-year-old boss of the US' largest bank said there was "no evidence of cancer left in my body" after CAT and PET scans three months after treatment. The good news is that the [...]
Merry Biz-mas? Last year’s weirdest business Christmas cards from Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon and Maurice Lévy December 2, 2014 Tony Blair has already been given a heavy ribbing for his alarmingly wooden Christmas cards, while Nigel Farage has released a cartoon of him in a white van, reversing over his rivals. But they've got nothing on last year's trickle of chief executive Christmas cards, which ranged from the sublime to the downright tasteless. Here [...]
JP Morgan chairman Jamie Dimon diagnosed with throat cancer July 2, 2014 Jamie Dimon, the chief executive and chairman of JP Morgan Chase, has been diagnosed with a curable form of throat cancer. Dimon, 58, will now undergo an eight-week course of radiation and chemotherapy treatments. He indicated in a note to shareholders and staff that the cancer had been caught early and was considered curable by [...]
JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon has throat cancer July 1, 2014 Chief executive of JP Morgan Jamie Dimon has curable throat cancer, according to reports in the US late last night. “The cancer was caught quickly, and my condition is curable,” Dimon told investors and staff in a note, explaining that he will now face eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy treatment to tackle the disease. [...]
… as reports say China regulator asked Dimon to hire family friend February 10, 2014 CHINA’S top insurance regulator directly asked JP Morgan Chase’s chief executive Jamie Dimon to hire a family friend as a “favour,” the New York Times has reported, citing a confidential email. The latest report comes as Wall Street’s practice of hiring family and friends of China’s ruling elite continues to attract the attention of regulators. [...]
Dimon says settlements unfair January 23, 2014 JP MORGAN chief executive Jamie Dimon has said legal settlements against the firm were not fair. Speaking at The World Economic Forum in Davos, Dimon told the US network CNBC: “I think a lot of it was unfair, but I am not going to go into the details,” adding that court battles could have taken [...]