JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon delivers 2021 commencement address at Ohio State

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon delivers Ohio State's 2021 undergraduate commencement address.
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO, shared a bit of wisdom with Ohio State University graduates during his commencement address on Sunday.
"I'm always hesitant to give advice, because it sounds like I did everything right," Dimon said, "but I assure you, I did not."
To start, Dimon told the graduates about the importance of learning from failure.
"All of you have been affected by Covid-19 in different ways. Your future is bright, but as you get older, it is inevitable that you will face tough times and failure, both personally and professionally," Dimon said. "How you deal with failure may be the most important thing in whether you succeed."
Throughout his career, Dimon has dealt with obstacles himself - in 1998, he was fired from Citigroup by his own mentor after the pair had worked together for 15 years. But, two years later, Dimon became CEO of Chicago-based Bank One, which was later bought by JPMorgan Chase.
Under his leadership, JPMorgan Chase overcame the Great Recession and became the nation's largest bank.
"Learning is a lifelong pursuit," Dimon said. "It's your job to constantly learn, and it doesn't end now that you're college graduates. Regardless of what you do in life, to be successful, you need continuous learning and endless intellectual curiosity."
Lifelong learning is important to Dimon, he said, adding that he spends "about 50% of my time reading and learning. It's even more important in today's increasingly complex and rapidly moving world."
Along with reading, Dimon urged students to learn from other people and their actions.
"You can learn more from speaking to someone in 15 minutes than spending your life doing something," Dimon said. "I learned a lot about what to do and what not to do by watching other people."
Dimon received his bachelor's degree from Tufts University in 1978 and his master's degree from Harvard Business School in 1982. He also received an honorary degree from Ohio State University on Sunday.
His current net worth is $1.9 billion, according to Forbes.
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon delivers 2021 commencement address at Ohio State

[@infini.tesimo]

I feel like this is an ad rather than he cares about the students graduating.

[@walkerskii]

Yes it was 20% commencement speech 40% political blah blah blah & 40% come work for my company.

[@nicnack18]

Wow he used this moment to market all of his achievements and businesses😩

[@LuisVelazquezLV3]

ummmmm... he spent less than 5% about his own achievements and businesses... i counted and that is the result. You have no idea what you are talking about.

[@ki6eki]

Lol he’s just selling Chase

[@BuckeyeSmitty]

And nobody does it better than Jamie.

[@Leon_Talks]

I really hope Ohio State didn't pay him to deliver this speech.

[@incisive2641]

Probably the other way around. Good PR opportunity for Chase.

[@organizedchaos4559]

Doubt it, his 30 million salary isn't enough for him

[@Smart_Think]

Hundreds of thousands

[@digconway1121]

They gave him an honorary degree. Not much was said about the students. Most of it sounded like something you would hear at a political convention . Disappointing event for the graduating students and their parents.

[@krisratliff3157]

Yo this isn’t a commencement speech it’s just a speech. Where’s the uplifting message?Where’s the relateability?

[@merosk8071]

Great speech, who wrote it?

[@Smart_Think]

Lawyers

[@Akgolf1234]

Never waste airtime to promote your company 😆

[@patoises]

Not an ounce of sincerity and warmth from this man

[@dawnglianapachuau6433]

Why's the volume so low 😭

[@JourneyByChris]

Talks about the devastating effects of COVID but wants all of his employees back in the office ASAP while him and his team are in overdraft fee debacles all over the news. This guy is a true winner.

[@DavidRamseyIII]

Dimon is such an intelligent person and a really good off the cuff speaker. I can’t believe he read this crap off a teleprompter. Awful

[@donaldharlan3981]

not once in this commencement, did JP Morgan, know what he was talking about.

[@ieatass4226]

jp Morgan died over 100 years ago

[@donaldharlan3981]

@@ieatass4226 🤭

[@risingsunofjapan]

Congratulations Buckeyes!!! #Classof2021

[@emils3701]

He is my CEO . He is my American!

[@jeffdorris5321]

Nice work 🎆✨

[@TheOneAboveAllx]

Is it compulsory to be boring in the educational system? I have seen dimon speaking before and he is a lot more interesting than this speech!

[@abdimalikbarkadle7559]

What do you mean exactly? Are you condemning the bosses choice of word to deliver this amazing commemoration speach?? I don't get why millennials today disregard importance of opening up to various fields of learning. School isn't boring as you youngsters put it. It's just a way of making efforts to decide whether you'll scale up the ladder. I was once President of the treasury of my school finance club.

[@TheOneAboveAllx]

🤣

[@abdimalikbarkadle7559]

@@TheOneAboveAllx ???

[@farouqnimer]

Sounds like an ad lol

[@luannmarie4568]

Money laundering home stealing criminals should be in jail.

[@hassanrazzaq2466]

Jamie ❤️

[@manuelseda9197]

Remove my overdraft fees Jamie!

[@SedA2027]

there is no way someone could pay me enough to do business with JPMorgan again after my recent experience with them! There banks don’t answer their phones and if you need help with your investments with them, forget it! Pathetic! I moved my money!

[@Smart_Think]

He got paid for this? The most uninspiring speech in the world

[@boomsuga]

This guy didn’t even go to Ohio State

[@MichaelRockfez]

There’s still an HQ about 25 min from campus. As an OSU business student, I was excited, but this is pretty disappointing.

[@organizedchaos4559]

He should have ended with come bank with JPMorgan Chase.

[@kannang9715]

Did everyone forgot how his bank contribute to the 2008 financial crisis??

[@michaelswami]

Mr Dimon: tried to express an unpopular idea in the last few years?

[@lau_dhondt]

Billionaire PR, like Musk on SNL. Don’t take advice or inspiration from people who are buying off your politicians. Take back democracy.

[@jj-bu6yb]

What a men

[@iammatty777169]

He doesn’t even say what his name is in this video. I find this very disrespectful to everyone who doesn’t know who he is then he plugs his own bank and Resturant to the graduation class. Ugh, lol

[@BOEM2709]

🇸🇷

[@brunosilver7147]

The global pandemic hit the financial market like a wrecking ball and the effect of that on Bitcoin has been no different. The prices of stocks fell all over the world due to masses looking to liquidate stocks due to the global crisis that prevailed. Bitcoin and various other cryptocurrencies followed suit of the financial market and its price halved down from what it was at the beginning of 2020. Many argue that this pointed to Bitcoin being no different than the traditional stocks. Bitcoin was introduced after market crashed in 2008 and its identical behavior to that of the traditional stock

[@darwinmarquis94]

2020 was a huge year for Cryptocurrency! Bitcoin quadrupled in price, many countries around the world recognized it as a form of currency, it received a ton of news coverage and online interest because of the value increase of Bitcoin and the implementation of technology the medical, banking and tech industries to securely store and track information.

[@Polinasmr6492]

In regards to cryptocurrencies, other governments have expressed their concern from China to the US; from Singapore and now even Spain. Just recently, the Spanish National Stock Market Commission (CNMV) published describing bitcoin as a volatile and unstable cryptocurrency but his advise to everyone is start up an investment in Bitcoin base on the increase one can make profits

[@belindagordon9349]

@@Polinasmr6492 The pool of Bitcoin is growing, including a recently launched but do these payment tools truly respond to the requirements of being a currency?

[@maxwell2703]

@@belindagordon9349 Over the course of bitcoin's history, it has undergone rapid growth to become a significant currency both on- and offline. From the mid 2010s, some businesses began accepting bitcoin .

[@lukesamuel1611]

Understand that bitcoin is a relatively new technology, and even futurists aren’t sure about its fate.

[@jian7264]

Ah bay ngheo ze rach con li loi dung an bam chac chan bay trai tim thu ac noi

[@structuralengineering3406]

what a sad commencement! speech lol

[@idriveeverywhere1405]

This is terrible.

[@nixtoshi]

Love it

[@walkerskii]

You can see why he became the CEO of such an economically powerful company, he pretty much covered all the bases, even referencing past historical Ohio State leaders. No speech can be perfect but he left out the most important thing of all, I wish he had given attention to our Lord Jesus Christ, the only way to be filled with joy & live a truly meaningful life, is with strength & guidance from our Heavenly Father.

[@walkerskii]

@Channel thank you for your reply to my comment, what do you mean by simply LOL?

[@olisano1]

There's no God

[@walkerskii]

@@olisano1 oh my dear, I'm so sad for you, slapping away the Marvelous Hand that wonderfully created you, rejecting the love that could fill you & satisfy you, rejecting the one to God who ignites the energy inside you to create & sustain life. Without God, you are wondering around in a barren wilderness, emotionally distraught & mentally confused. I pray you open your heart to Jesus, so he can feel you with peace & contentment.

[@topcomment3816]

Lol

[@wandae9906]

He also forgot to mention his company is the founding father of fake news, according to U.S. congressional archives!! Thanks to our deceptive govt peeps, congress formed a committee to narrow down the top 25 newspapers in America in 1917, which JP Morgan took control of, in order to control what got reported, in order to control what people believed to be the truth. Those were their words, not mine AND thus, the birth of fake news!! Maybe CNBC will do a segment on the birth of fake news, and bring this guy back......oh wait, maybe not, ha!! By the time tell-LIE-vision was invented, and education was taken over in the 40's, they had the fake news under wrap & all bases covered in the misinformation campaign meant to mold our minds as part of a much bigger agenda! If only folks knew how to use the internet & available resources to seek out the truth but the problem is, they don't know there is truth to be found, and many simply use it for pleasure & not a tool!! God Bless!

[@hassanrazzaq2466]

Jamie ❤️