Why JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon Is Wall Street's Indispensable Man - Bloomberg
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Americas+1 212 318 2000 EMEA+44 20 7330 7500 Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000 Brunella Translate Jamie Dimon is in the middle of a lovefest. In a conference room on the second floor of JPMorgan Chase’s Manhattan headquarters on May 10, the chairman and chief executive officer is fielding questions, town hall-style, from an audience of 300 of the bank’s administrative assistants. Nine hundred more are listening in by phone. One woman pipes up to ask: Would you ever go on the reality show Undercover Boss? “I would if I thought it would make us a better company,” Dimon says. Another wants to know: What do you look for in your leadership team? “Capability, character, and how they treat people,” he replies in his choppy, outer-borough accent. “Leaders can’t just happen to be good at something.” A third woma