Jamie Dimon’s praise for Musk was effusive. “The guy is our Einstein,” he remarked, emphasising Musk’s contributions through companies like Tesla and SpaceX. He added, “I’d like to be helpful to him and his companies as much as we can.

"Elon and I hugged it out," Dimon told CNBC in a TV interview at the World Economic Forum's annual event in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday. "The guy is our Einstein," the JPMorgan chief said. "I'd like to be helpful to him and his companies as much as we can.

Jamie Dimon, the billionaire head of the U.S.’ biggest bank, lauded Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet and a key part of President Donald Trump’s administration, on Wednesday, squashing a long-running beef between the billionaires’ companies as Dimon becomes the latest billionaire warming to Musk or Trump.