Jamie Dimon said he wants to remain CEO of JPMorgan Chase (JPM) for at least another five years.
“I love what I do,” Dimon said at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce event. “It’s up to the board how long I do it. As long as I have the energy and the spirit in the eye and the fire in the gut, yeah, I want to do it.”
A JPMorgan (JPM) spokesperson told Reuters that Dimon was just joking, noting that nothing had changed regarding his succession plan. Dimon said last year that the lender’s succession plans was still intact, repeating that he expected to leave the CEO role within five years without offering more specific timing.
Dimon, who is 69 years old, has led the bank since 2006 and is one of the longest-serving CEOs on Wall Street, which has long been speculating on who will eventually succeed him.