His Trophy Case Full, Jamie Dimon Leaves Competitive Dancing To The Rest Of The Family
There are a lot of things Jamie Dimon is very, very good at: building a fortress balance sheet, chatting up reporters in elevators, doing sake bombs, and being appreciably better looking than his peers, to name just a few. In other areas, the JPMorgan CEO has left room for improvement. For example, his dancing skills, which Dimon's own wife and mother won't even mince words about at this point.
JPMorgan Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon “is a terrible dancer,” his wife, Judy Dimon, said last night at a gala for Ballet Hispanico, of which JPMorgan was the lead sponsor. She then moved her shoulders straight up and down to demonstrate what the 56 year-old leader of the biggest US bank, with $2.27 trillion of assets at year-end, does on the dance floor. Jame Dimon's mom, Themis Dimon, was no more encouraging. Is he a good dancer? "No," she said, shaking her head. Jamie Dimon wasn't present to prove otherwise. “Unfortunately he couldn’t be here tonight because he had another commitment,” said his wife, a Ballet Hispanico board member and the event’s honorary chairman. Too bad. Jamie Dimon missed a good party. His wife, in a slim-fitting coral gown, danced a salsa with New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz, reminiscent of his moves in the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
Speaking of people who can tear it up? Not to rub it in, or, say, draw a clear distinction between Dimons who got it and Dimons who don't but: “We like to dance,” Jamie Dimon's father Theodore Dimon, there with his wife and Jamie's twin brother,* told Bloomberg. “We dance the fox trot -- it’s nice and easy.”
Scene Last Night: Victor Cruz, Dimon for Ballet Hispanico [Bloomberg]
*To whom the gene for moving it was presumably bequeathed.