"I love the retail broker business because my dad is a broker and my grandfather was a broker...

"I love the retail broker business because my dad is a broker and my grandfather was a broker and it was the first job I ever had. So if you are really, really good, call JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM). We'd be happy to hire you," Jamie Dimon (.pdf), on Oct. 27. Friday, he did just that, hiring his dad and his five-man team away from Merrill Lynch (NYSE:BAC).