17 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American banker, industrialist, art collector, and Treasury Secretary who expanded T. Mellon & Sons into one of America's greatest fortunes — financing the creation of Alcoa, Gulf Oil, and Koppers — and served as Treasury Secretary under three presidents while building the collection that became the National Gallery of Art.
American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation formed by the 1998 merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group under Sandy Weill — briefly the world's largest financial institution.
American banking titan who reorganized railroads, financed U.S. Steel (largest company in the world at formation), saved the US government from bankruptcy twice (1895, 1907), and assembled the most important private art collection in American history.
America's largest bank by assets, formed by the 2000 merger of J.P. Morgan & Co. and Chase Manhattan, led since 2005 by CEO Jamie Dimon.
American multinational investment bank and financial services company — the largest bank in the United States and one of the largest in the world — formed by the 2000 merger of J.P. Morgan and Chase Manhattan.
American banker and CEO of JPMorgan Chase since 2005, widely regarded as the most capable banker of his generation for navigating the 2008 financial crisis and building the world's most profitable bank.
American banker and judge who founded T. Mellon & Sons bank in Pittsburgh in 1869 — after a legal career — and who built the financial institution that his son Andrew Mellon would grow into one of America's great banking fortunes.
American banker who built the London-based J.S. Morgan & Co — a major merchant bank for Anglo-American trade — and who trained his son J.P. Morgan in the standards and discipline of the banking profession.
American entrepreneur and Mellon banking heir who became an early Ripple (XRP) cryptocurrency investor — allegedly turning a $2M investment into $1B+ — and who was known for his eccentric lifestyle and fashion ventures before his death at 54.
The most powerful banking dynasty in European history — founded by Mayer Amschel Rothschild in Frankfurt's Jewish ghetto — who established banking houses in Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, and Naples — financing European wars, governments, and the British Empire.
European banking dynasty founded by Mayer Amschel Rothschild in Frankfurt in the 1760s — which built the dominant investment banking operation in Europe through five sons placed in five financial capitals — and has maintained family ownership through 250+ years of wars, revolutions, and market upheavals.
American banker who built Citigroup through decades of aggressive acquisitions, pioneering the financial supermarket model — and mentored Jamie Dimon before famously firing him.
Ron Chernow's 1990 Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Morgan banking dynasty — from Junius Morgan's London bank through J.P. Morgan's Gilded Age dominance through the modern JPMorgan Chase — covering 150 years of American and global finance.
American banking institution founded during the California Gold Rush (1852) — one of the largest U.S. banks, whose 2016 fake account scandal became the defining case of incentive-driven corporate misconduct.
The London branch founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty — who built N.M. Rothschild & Sons into the world's most powerful bank through exceptional intelligence gathering, information advantage, and risk-taking.
Former JP Morgan China executive and co-author of Red Capitalism — one of the most rigorous analyses of China's state-directed financial system and its hidden risks.
The Baring family's banking dynasty — which financed the Louisiana Purchase, dominated British finance for a century, survived near-collapse in 1890, and finally collapsed in 1995 when Nick Leeson lost $1.3B on derivatives.