JPMorgan Chase & Co chief executive officer Jamie Dimon on Tuesday quipped that his company is likely to outlast the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), while reiterating the bank’s commitment to the country in wide-ranging comments that also touched on Taiwan, free speech and former US president Donald Trump.
“We hope to be there [in China] for a long time,” Dimon told a panel discussion at the Boston College Chief Executives Club.
Relaying a “joke” he made during a recent visit to Hong Kong, he said “The communist party is celebrating its 100th year. So is JPMorgan. And I’ll make you a
(Bloomberg) Jamie Dimon felt the need to walk back a joke about the Communist Party’s downfall, but his comments about free speech pose potentially a greater test for leaders in Beijing.