COMPANIES FOR
DIVERSITY
JPMORGAN CHASE
No. 9
WHY IT’S ON THE TOP 50:
A longtime national diversity leader
and mainstay of the Top 50 list,
JPMorgan Chase’s real strength is in
its Human Capital. The company is
a known leader in workplace disability issues.
Jamie Dimon,
Chairman, President
and CEO
DESCRIPTION: JPMorgan Chase is
the No. 3 financial-services firm in
the United States. In addition to
banking, Chase is a top mortgage
lender, auto-loan underwriter and
credit-card issuer.
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS: Forty percent of the work force and 53 percent of new hires are people of
color, compared with 34 percent
and 42 percent, respectively, for the
Top 50. The company tracks GLBT
suppliers, which only 22 percent of
the Top 50 and virtually no other
U.S. companies do.
Specialty Lists: No. 8 on the 10 Top 10
Companies for People With Disabilities,
No. 4 on the Top 10 Companies for GLBT
Employees, No. 6 on the Top 10 Companies
for Recruitment & Retention, No. 4 on the
Top 10 Companies for African Americans,
No. 9 on the Top 10 Companies for Latinos,
and No. 7 on the Top 10 Companies for
Executive Women lists
Industry: Financial Services
Main Competitors: Bank of America, Citigroup,
Merrill Lynch
U.S. Headquarters: New York, N. Y.
Number of U.S. Employees:
136,800
Annual Revenue: $61.4 billion
of Operations Outside U.S.:
20
Key Personnel: Jamie Dimon, chairman,
president and CEO; Sandra VanGilder, chief
diversity officer; Mark Settles, diversity
recruiting executive
Mark Settles,
Managing Director,
Diversity Recruiting
Executive
differences that make people
unique—and give us the diversity
of perspective that will set us
apart. We’re committed to ensuring that diversity remains a key
priority … our collective diversity
is our strength.”
FROM CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND
CEO JAMES DIMON: “Building a
workplace where differences are
respected and valued is critical to
our future. We have an amazing
opportunity in front of us to build
the best financial-services company in the world. Achieving this
depends on having the best people
doing their best work. For us, the
business case is simple: JPMorgan
Chase is a place for talented people from all backgrounds and
nationalities. Gender, race, sexual
orientation, age and physical ability are just some of the kinds of
FROM CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER
SANDRA VANGILDER: “Fostering a
culture of respect and inclusiveness
isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s
also a way to help the firm compete. It’s a competitive advantage to
have the best people, the broadest
pool of talent.”
RECENT DIVERSITY SUCCESS: In
2006, JPMorgan Chase won the
Corporate Legacy Award from
Abilities!, an advocacy group for
people with disabilities.
