James Dimon became Chairman of the Board on December 31, 2006, and has been Chief Executive Officer and President of JPMorgan Chase since December 31, 2005. He had been President and Chief Operating Officer since JPMorgan Chases merger with Bank One Corporation in July 2004. At Bank One, he had been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since March 2000. Prior to Bank One, Dimon had held various senior executive positions at Citigroup Inc., its subsidiary, Salomon Smith Barney, and its predecessor company, Travelers Group, Inc.

Dimon is a graduate of Tufts University and received an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a director of The College Fund/UNCF and serves on the Board of Directors of The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, the University of Chicago and Harvard Business School, and is on the Board of Trustees of New York University School of Medicine.

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