Jamie Dimon
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"James "Jamie" Dimon" is an American business executive. He is the current chairman, president and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, one of the Big Four (banking)#United States/Big Four banks of the United States, and previously served as a Class A director of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Dimon was named to Time (magazine)/Time magazine's 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011 Time 100/lists of the world's 100 most influential people. He was also named to Institutional Investor (magazine)/Institutional Investors Best CEOs list in the All-America Executive Team Survey from 2008 through 2011.

He was named the CEO of the Year in 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.

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