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2018 Aspen Institute Corporate Leadership Awardee: Jamie Dimon, Chairman & CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Sat Aug 4, 2018
Aspen, CO

Date

Sat Aug 4, 2018
11:00am – 12:15pm MDT

Location

Aspen, CO
Greenwald Pavilion
1000 N. Third Street

Contact

    [email protected]
    970.544.7914

Hosts

  1. Aspen Community Programs

The Aspen Institute announced Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. as the recipient of its 2018 Corporate Leadership Award for his exemplary leadership and dedication to the betterment of society, representing those values and traditions fostered by the Aspen Institute. This benefit, chaired by Lisa and Jeffery Aronin and Margot and Thomas J. Pritzker, began with a public conversation between Jamie Dimon and Gillian Tett, US managing editor of the Financial Times.

Featuring Jamie Dimon, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a global financial services firm with assets of $2.6 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small business, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

Dimon became CEO on January 1, 2006 and one year later also became Chairman of the Board.  He was named President and Chief Operating Officer upon the company’s merger with Bank One Corporation on July 1, 2004. Dimon joined Bank One as Chairman and CEO in 2000.

Dimon began his career at American Express Company.  Next, he served as Chief Financial Officer and then President at Commercial Credit, which made numerous acquisitions and divestitures, including acquiring Primerica Corporation in 1987 and The Travelers Corporation in 1993. Dimon served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Travelers from 1990 through 1998 while concurrently serving as Chief Operating Officer of its Smith Barney Inc. subsidiary before becoming co-Chairman and Co-CEO of the combined brokerage following the 1997 merger of Smith Barney and Salomon Brothers.  In 1998, Dimon was named President of Citigroup Inc., the global financial services company formed by the combination of Travelers Group and Citicorp.

Dimon earned his bachelors degree from Tufts University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. He serves on the boards of directors of a number of non-profit institutions including the Clearing House and Harvard Business School. Additionally, he is the Chairman of the Business Roundtable and serves on the executive committee of the Business Council and the Partnership for New York City, and is a member of the Financial Services Forum, Financial Services Roundtable and Council on Foreign Relations.

Fee: $25. Tickets on sale Wednesday, July 11 at www.aspenshowtix.com, (970) 920-5770, or in person at the Wheeler Opera House box office.

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