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I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.

Jamie Dimon

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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
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New York City
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Part of the reason some Japanese companies have underperformed financially was corporate governance and board structures.
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We got a lot of excellent people and businesses from Bear and WaMu. But Bear definitely was more painful. WaMu got us into Florida, California, and other states, which was a huge benefit - to expand and grow and add middle-market, private banking, investment banking, and other products, too.
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JPMorgan was already, for the most part. Our businesses at JPMorgan share the same cash-management systems. The commercial bank, the private bank, the retail bank, they all use the branches. The cash-management system moves the money around the world - for global corporations, and for you, the consumer, too.
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I was a normal human being, but I did like that. I read a lot. I also liked math and science.
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Finance went from being a small business, effectively, to being a big business. In part, that's the growth of the world's wealth. That's called savings.
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I don't think that [normalization] necessarily is going to damage the emerging economies.
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Just because we're stupid doesn't mean everybody else was.
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We invested in the downturn and we never stopped serving our clients.
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JPMorgan Chase are among the most successful global investment banks, most successful global asset managers, and, in the United States, one of the most successful retail and commercial bankers. We do a great job for customers.
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I am still a Democrat. The main reason is because I don't like the Republican stance on some social values. Not that I disagree with all of them. I just don't think they have a right to impose it upon other people. I've been public about that.
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As countries get wealthier - all of them, together - you're going to have financial assets. That is a good thing. You could argue the assets were traded too much, or that they're too highly valued, or too leveraged.
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I believe it's a good thing that people say, Can we find a way to live together in peace? And they did, for the most part.
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Dodd-Frank and independent actions of banks go a long way in terms of progress on capital, liquidity, transparency, living wills (plans for winding down a bank in the event of a collapse) and resolutions.
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We see very broad-based, moderate, growth. Most of the sectors are quite strong. I don't see any major potholes, and I believe [the economy] is strengthening.
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You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.
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It's moderate growth, with some parts of the world better than people think, and better than last year [2015].
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Capping the size of American banks won't eliminate the needs of big businesses it will force them to turn to foreign banks that won't face the same restrictions.
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Part of [Japanese companies] growing and expanding around the world is ... going to help the Japanese keep their lifestyles [despite Japan's] demographics, as a declining population, and [to] make it more conducive to women to go to work, I think, is a plus.
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There are parts [in Dodd-Frank] that I don't agree with. But, in total, it is what it is.
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The yen is trading where it's trading because people are guessing about people's future interest rates, dollar and yen and about the future growth potential of the economies. And, if this policy works, then the yen will probably strengthen.
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