Mary Erdoes

Benjamin Wachenje

Title: CEO, JPM Asset Management

Born: August 13, 1967, Winnetka, Illinois

Education: BS, mathematics Georgetown University; MBA Harvard Business School

Early Marker: Got her start in banking with Bankers Trust and then Meredith, Martin & Kaye, a fixed-income specialty advisory firm.

Current big idea: Seen as one of a quartet of potential successors to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.

Wave of the Future: Financial services

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