Hi, this is Steve Inskeep with a special episode of Up First, a conversation from our sister program, NPR's Newsmakers.
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Jamie Dimon is the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, this nation's largest bank.
He 's also connected to many of the wealthy and powerful in New York and here in Washington,
where we spoke with Dimon and the JPMorgan offices on the occasion of an annual letter
in which he gives his opinions about almost everything.
Thanks for welcoming us here.
It's good to be here.
Thank you.
Thanks for coming here.
And I read your letter.
It's really compelling.
The whole thing.
Yeah, absolutely.
Every page.
It is more interesting than the average corporate document because you have opinions on many topics.
And that's my first question.
Why do you feel you should, as a CEO, be speaking out on topics all across the news when you probably could stay silent?
Yeah.