US : Jamie Dimon Tells Donald Trump No Thanks

Wed Nov 16 2016
Mark Cooper (3143 articles)
US : Jamie Dimon Tells Donald Trump No Thanks

The Trump transition team’s draft-Dimon effort will need to look for a new pick.

Fortune has learned that Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase jpm , has formally told the Trump transition team that he has no interest in being the next Treasury Secretary of the United States.

According to sources familiar with the situation, the Trump transition team approached Dimon about taking the job, and spread word that the J.P. Morgan CEO was likely to accept. On Wednesday, Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo tweeted that Dimon “will get” the Treasury Secretary position.

But Dimon has told the suitors that he’s declining, and will remain at the nation’s largest bank, measured on both market cap and assets. Surprisingly, Dimon feels he’s not suited to serving as the nation’s top ranking economic official, according to sources familiar with the situation. It may be that he had reckoned that serving in the Administration would require curbing the blunt, outspoken style that has served him so well in the financial world. J.P. Morgan shareholders will be relieved; the bank’s shares dropped 2.5% on the rumor.

Mark Cooper

Mark Cooper

Mark Cooper is Political / Stock Market Correspondent. He has been covering Global Stock Markets for more than 6 years.