Enough About Berkshire: Is Jamie Dimon Grabbing Todd Combs a Coup for JPMorgan Chase?

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In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro break down why Todd Combs may have chosen to leave Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) for JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), what it probably took to make it the right move for him, and why we think it should work really well for the mega-bank.

*Stock prices used were from the afternoon of Dec. 8, 2025. The video was published on Dec. 12, 2025.

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