Dimon’s Disdain of Zoom Tested as His Health Conference Goes Virtual
- Moderna, Amgen refused to attend health-care event in person
- Dropouts helped persuade firm to make gathering virtual-only
Jamie Dimon
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Few of the corporate world’s leaders have been as effusive this year as Jamie Dimon in cajoling office workers back into pre-pandemic routines, arguing his army of bankers at JPMorgan & Chase & Co. can’t tend relationships nearly as well on Zoom.
But those views met their match this week as the bank prepared to resume an annual in-person gathering for, of all industries, biotechnology executives -- many of whom are involved in fighting Covid-19.