Last Man Standing: The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and Jpmorgan
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McDonald, Duff, PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, In the midst ong>ofong> this disastrous economic climate, one executive has weathered the storm more deftly than any other: Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO ong>ofong> JPMorgan Chase, considered the dominant fi gure on Wall Street. Dimon's eleventh-hour acquisition, in , ong>ofong> fl ailing archrival Bear Stearns stunned the world. Even more incredible: JPMorgan's continued success in the face ong>ofong> an industry-wide meltdown that has seen its CEO become a paragon ong>ofong> finance. In "Last Man Standing," award-winning journalist Duff McDonald chronicles Dimon's tumultuous rise: from his joining the legendary Sandy Weill at American Express fresh out ong>ofong> Harvard Business School to their building ong>ofong> Citigroup (and Dimon's unceremonious ouster) to his rescue ong>ofong> Bank One and, at the unprecedented age ong>ofong> forty-eight, his ascension to the top post at JPMorgan Chase -- a bank he transformed from a broken institution to the sine qua non ong>ofong> global banking in five short years. Upon gaining unfettered access to Dimon, McDonald spent countless hours interviewing him and his full circle ong>ofong> family, friends, and colleagues to provide an unprecedented and deeply personal look at this extraordinary figure. Moving beyond Dimon's "fortress" balance sheets, McDonald reveals a dedicated family man whose uncanny facility with numbers and tireless work ethic are complemented by fierce loyalty and an unrelenting aversion to ong>ofong>fi ce politics. Dimon, for the first time, shares detailed insights on the heart ong>ofong> his business and management philosophies, and industry titans such as Weill and Warren Buffett ong>ofong>fer their analyses ong>ofong> his career. At a time when Dimon's competitors watch their companies crumble, JPMorgan not only continues to weather the worst period in the history ong>ofong> Wall Street but is growing by leaps and bounds. The defi nitive biography ong>ofong> Jamie Dimon, "Last Man Standing" is by far the most comprehensive portrait ong>ofong> the only man in fi nance today who can be called an American hero.