William B. Harrison Jr.

William B. Harrison Jr.
Born (1943-08-12) August 12, 1943
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
EducationVirginia Episcopal School
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA)
EmployerJP Morgan Chase
TitleFormer Chief Executive Officer of JP Morgan Chase
PredecessorDouglas A. Warner III
SuccessorJamie Dimon
SpouseAnne Harrison
Childrentwo daughters

William B. Harrison Jr. (born August 12, 1943) is an American investment banker who served as the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase from 2000 to 2005. As Chairman and CEO of Chase, he and Douglas A. Warner III, then CEO of J.P. Morgan & Co., were the principal architects of the US$30.9 billion acquisition by Chase of J.P. Morgan & Co. in 2000, to form JPMorgan Chase & Co. Harrison has been a director of the Firm or a predecessor institution since 1991. Harrison is also a director of Merck & Co., Inc.

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