James "Jamie" Dimon is an American business executive. He is chairman, president and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, largest of the Big Four American banks, and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Dimon was named to Time magazine's 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011 lists of the world's 100 most influential people.
He was also named to Institutional Investor's Best CEOs list in the All-America Executive Team Survey from 2008 through 2011.
He received a $23 million pay package for fiscal year 2011, more than any other bank CEO in the United States. Dimon received $20 million in compensation for his work in fiscal year 2013.
Dimon has had close ties to some people in the Obama White House, including former Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.ciated Press to have had liberal access to former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Nonetheless, Dimon has often publicly disagreed with some of Obama's policies.
On the May 15, 2012, episode of ABC's The View, Obama responded to a question from Whoopi Goldberg regarding JPMorgan Chase's recently publicized $2 billion trading losses by defending Dimon against allegations of irresponsibility, saying...
"first of all, JP Morgan is one of the best managed banks there is. Jamie Dimon, the head of it, is one of the smartest bankers we've got", but added, "it's going to be investigated"
