James Edward Staley better known as Jes Staley is an American banker and the former group chief executive (CEO) of Barclays.
He was born on December 27, 1956, in Boston, Massachusetts, Staley graduated cum laude from Bowdoin College with a degree in economics.
After his graduation, Staley joined Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York. From 1980 to 1989, he worked in the bank’s Latin America division, where he served as head of corporate finance for Brazil and general manager of the company’s Brazilian brokerage firm.
Staley became one of the founding members of J.P. Morgan’s equities business and ran the Equity Capital Market and Syndicate groups in the early 1990s.
In 2013, After Staley worked with J.P. Morgan for more than 30 years, he joined BlueMountain Capital as a managing partner.
Jes Staley Children: Meet Sophia Staley, Alexa Staley
Sophia Staley and Alexa Staley are the children of Jes Staley.
Although Alexa and Sophia are celebrity children, their details are not known.