JPMorgan's Fall and Revival: How the Wave of Consolidation Changed America's Premier Bank

This book tells the untold story of how JPMorgan became a universal bank in the 1980s-1990s and the events leading to it being acquired by Chase in 2000. It depicts the challenges Morgan's leaders, Lew Preston and Dennis Weatherstone, confronted when the firm's business model was disrupted by the developing country debt crisis, up to its current management with Jamie Dimon.



This first-hand account explores whether Morgan could have stayed independent had its leaders pursued the strategic pla...