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David, we completely blew it. We went into Jamie Dimon's office, had our little meet and greet. We did not ask about the dual pistols.
Yeah. From the dual, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, which JPMorgan owns and keeps in their headquarters, and we blew it. We didn't ask to see them. We'll just have to come back.
When they finish the new building, I'm sure they will be in the Executive Floor. We can go get a viewing of the, you know, piece of American history.
Alright. Speaking of American history, let's do it. Let's
do it. Welcome to the summer twenty twenty five season of Acquired, the podcast about great companies and the stories and playbooks behind them. I'm Ben Gilbert. I'm David Rosenthal. And we are your hosts. Today's episode is the story of a rising star on Wall Street in the nineteen eighties who worked with his mentor to merge and acquire their way to the top of the financial world in the nineties, who then got fired unexpectedly by that same mentor who cast about deciding what to do next, and then in 2000 accepted a job turning around a poorly run Midwestern bank. Then over the next twenty fiv
Yes. The same JPMorgan, which is funny because when we started planning this show together, gosh, almost a year ago, it was immediately clear to Ben and me that the very best person who acquired Good Interview in New York also happened to be their CEO. And
as you all know from the episodes over the last couple years, JP Morgan has been fantastic partner of ours, and their payments team demoed all kinds of cool technology at the event. Our huge thanks to the JPMorgan team for putting on the show with us. And if you ever wanna learn more, just click the link in the show notes and tell them that Ben and David sent you. So with that, this show is not investment advice. Dave and I may have investments in the companies we discuss, and this show is for informational and entertainment purposes only. On to our conversation with Jamie Dimon. Well, this fe
guys dressed up for me. You
dressed up for us too. Thank you. Last year, we had you on the video board at at at Jason. You were looking very summery there. You look great tonight.
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