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Fortune Most Powerful Women list
Coverage of Fortune Most Powerful Women list in the Nexus archive.
- JPMorgan built a pipeline of female CEO candidates that was the envy of Wall Street. How did it fall apart?
JPMorgan's succession plan for a female CEO collapsed as Marianne Lake, a leading candidate to succeed Jamie Dimon, retired after 25 years. Her departure, along with Jennifer Piepszak's exit in 2025, ended a pipeline that had positioned two women for the CEO role. Lake’s elevation would have made her the first woman to lead JPMorgan and the second in major Wall Street banking history.