Jamie Dimon

Jamie Dimon, 69, has never held elected office, but he serves in an unofficial role as the voice of Wall Street. With more than 300,000 employees at the banking giant, Dimon manages more people than live in Pittsburgh. And JPMorgan’s $279 billion in revenue on the 2025 Fortune 500 is larger than the GDP of many countries. Dimon has so much power that he has served as a public defender of the independence of the Federal Reserve as President Trump has threatened to fire its chair, Jerome Powell. The race to choose Dimon’s successor, which he said in 2024 would come in the next five years, is one of the most closely watched in American business. Meanwhile, Dimon has used his considerable megaphone to become a regular source of predictions and opinions about what’s happening in the economy, global politics, the national debt, and America’s character.