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What is J.P. Morgan’s legacy?

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J.P. Morgan cofounded (1871) the banking company Drexel, Morgan and Company. It became J.P. Morgan and Company in 1895 and is now JPMorgan Chase & Co. In addition, it was the centrality of his role in averting disaster in 1907 that led the U.S. government to create the Federal Reserve System.