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One Of World's Most Powerful Women Has Fairfield Connection

A Fairfield University alumna was ranked No. 42 on Forbes' annual list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.

A Fairfield University alumna was ranked No. 42 on Forbes’ annual list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.
A Fairfield University alumna was ranked No. 42 on Forbes’ annual list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. (Anna Bybee-Schier/Patch)

FAIRFIELD, CT — The world’s 42nd most powerful woman has a Fairfield connection.

JPMorgan Chase co-CEO of consumer and community banking Jennifer Piepszak was ranked No. 42 on Forbes’ annual list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Piepszak — who shares the slot with fellow consumer and community banking co-CEO Marianne Lake — graduated from Fairfield University in 1992.

Piepszak has worked for JPMorgan Chase for 27 years and previously held a variety of CFO and CEO roles for the bank, according to Forbes, which ranked philanthropist MacKenzie Scott as No. 1 on its 18th annual list.

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