Jamie Dimon, the bulletproof head of JPMorgan Chase, has throat cancer. Though his prognosis is good, speculation about who will succeed him is already rampant. Allow us to offer some ideas for successors who are not “just another banker in a suit.”

Nassim Nicholas Taleb: The former options trader, professor, and author of The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness has made a career out of explaining the nature of risks (particularly within the financial system) and how to protect against them. He’s argued for eliminating bonuses on Wall Street, and called Wall Street banks “a compensation scheme and nothing else.” Just the man to rally the JPMorgan troops.

via Five Good Candidates to Succeed Jamie Dimon.