Low-key Marianne Lake

Biography

Low-key Marianne Lake, CFO of J.P. Morgan, has long been a bit of a mystery. Despite being a regular on J.P. Morgan’s conference calls, she’s tended to stay in the shadows behind the more ebullient Jamie Dimon. Now, however, 43- year-old Lake has stepped into the limelight with a witty presentation after being named the second most powerful woman in banking by American Banker magazine. Lake is one cool woman. If you want to emulate her success, this is what you need to know. She’s down to earth Lake didn’t study at an elite university. She’s a British physicist and studied Physics at Britain’s Reading University. Reading University ranked 37th on the Complete University Guide’s 2015 league table. She’s very British In teetotal America, Lake isn’t afraid to allude to the British predilection for alcohol. “Last year, I was number three on the list and being number 3 is a pretty good spot – you’ve placed, you get a medal. and you get to sit down and drink through the speeches,” she said at the start of her speech to American Banker. She’s just had twins Sometime in the past year, Lake gave birth to twins. Given that she was present on the first quarter, second quarter and third quarter J.P. Morgan conference calls, we surmise she had fewer than three months off.

Research Interest

Low-key Marianne Lake, CFO of J.P. Morgan, has long been a bit of a mystery. Despite being a regular on J.P. Morgan’s conference calls, she’s tended to stay in the shadows behind the more ebullient Jamie Dimon. Now, however, 43- year-old Lake has stepped into the limelight with a witty presentation after being named the second most powerful woman in banking by American Banker magazine. Lake is one cool woman. If you want to emulate her success, this is what you need to know. She’s down to earth Lake didn’t study at an elite university. She’s a British physicist and studied Physics at Britain’s Reading University. Reading University ranked 37th on the Complete University Guide’s 2015 league table. She’s very British In teetotal America, Lake isn’t afraid to allude to the British predilection for alcohol. “Last year, I was number three on the list and being number 3 is a pretty good spot – you’ve placed, you get a medal. and you get to sit down and drink through the speeches,” she said at the start of her speech to American Banker. She’s just had twins Sometime in the past year, Lake gave birth to twins. Given that she was present on the first quarter, second quarter and third quarter J.P. Morgan conference calls, we surmise she had fewer than three months off.