Speaker Biography
Jamie Dimon became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Bank One Corporation in March 2000. Bank One is the nation's
fifth-largest bank holding company, with assets of more than
$270 billion. It offers a full range of financial services
to large corporate and middle market commercial customers
and retail consumers.
In his first year at Bank One, Mr. Dimon strengthened
the management team by promoting talented managers and by
recruiting experienced managers. In addition, he has fortified
the corporation's balance sheet and has saved Bank One more
than $1 billion through waste-reduction efforts.
Mr. Dimon was President of Citigroup Inc.,
the global financial services company formed by the combination
of Travelers Group and Citicorp in October 1998. In addition,
he served as Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Salomon
Smith Barney Holdings Inc., the company's investment banking
and securities brokerage subsidiary.
At Travelers, Mr. Dimon was President and
Chief Operating Officer for seven years. He was named Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of its Smith Barney Inc. subsidiary
in January 1996, having previously been the firm's Chief Operating
and Chief Administrative Officer. In November 1997, with the
merger of Smith Barney and Salomon Brothers, he became Co-Chairman
and Co-CEO, of the combined firm.
Mr. Dimon was a key member of the team that
launched and defined the strategy for a new Commercial Credit
Company in October 1986, when the consumer lending company
was spun off from Control Data Corporation in a public stock
offering. He served as the company's Chief Financial Officer
and an Executive Vice President, and then President. In the
ensuing years, Commercial Credit was completely restructured
and made numerous acquisitions and divestitures, substantially
improving its profitability. The most significant was the
1987 acquisition of, and name change to, Primerica Corporation,
which in 1993 acquired The Travelers Corporation and was renamed
Travelers Group.
He began his professional career at American
Express Company where he was Assistant to the President from
1982 until 1985.
A summa cum laude graduate of Tufts University,
Mr. Dimon holds an MBA degree from the Harvard University
Graduate School of Business, where he was a Baker Scholar.
He serves on the Board of Directors of The National Center
on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA), Tricon Global Restaurants,
Inc., University of Chicago, United Negro College Fund, and
the Economic Club of Chicago as well as on the Civic Committee
of the Commercial Club of Chicago. He is also a member of
the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of
the Mount Sinai-NYU Medical Center and Health Systems.
Mr. Dimon and his wife, Judy, have three daughters.
