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JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational bank formed by the 2000 merger of J.P. Morgan & Co., a banking house tracing back to financier J. Pierpont Morgan in the 19th century, and Chase Manhattan Corporation. Headquartered in New York City, it grew into the largest bank in the United States by assets and one of the largest in the world, offering investment banking, commercial banking, asset management and consumer banking under the Chase brand. During the 2008 financial crisis it acquired the failing Bear Stearns and the banking operations of Washington Mutual.
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One of the largest investment banks and financial services firms in the world, central to modern finance practice in banking, asset management and capital markets.
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JPMorgan Chase traces its direct corporate lineage to J.P. Morgan & Co., founded by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1871; the modern JPMorgan Chase & Co. was formed by the 2000 merger of J.P. Morgan & Co. and Chase Manhattan Corporation, carrying his name and founding lineage forward.
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Morgan led the private banking house he built, J.P. Morgan and Co., the direct predecessor of the modern firm, until his death in 1913.
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