Dimon is the top beneficiary among the 30 chief executives who run companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average index from a stock rally inspired by Trump's election, according to a Reuters analysis of their option grants.

Trump's proposed policies for lower taxes, less Wall Street regulation and more infrastructure spending have energized the U. The post-election rally even resurrected the value of an option award held by Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS.

N CEO Lloyd Blankfein that was worthless on the eve of the election. The figures reflect outstanding stock options that could be exercised at the end of Options that expired or vested in were excluded from the analysis. In a few cases, CEOs exercised some of those options during , U.

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N CEO Charles Scharf did not need a Trump-led stock rally to hit the jackpot. He resigned from Visa effective Dec. For a look at how the post-election rally has affected Dow 30 stock options, click here tmsnrt.

Trump campaigned on the slogan "Make America Great Again," vowing to bolster the prospects of the American working class by preventing jobs from moving abroad, restricting immigration and renegotiating trade pacts.

In , Trump called high salaries paid to CEOs a "joke" and a "disgrace" and said these were often approved by company boards stacked with CEOs' friends. To be sure, Trump's election has helped investors big and small. Hopes of a pro-business agenda have driven the Dow 30 close to 20, - a level it has never breached - in a boon for workers' retirement plans. Big stock option gains for Goldman Sachs head Blankfein, American Express Co AXP.

N CEO Kenneth Chenault and JP Morgan's Dimon may be a surprise, given that their companies have reduced or even eliminated option grants in recent years in favor of stock awards tied to hitting financial targets. Federal Reserve's decision to increase interest rates, a boost for banks and credit card companies. Critics of stock options say the grants can produce large amounts of wealth for CEOs even with mediocre performance.

One reason is that grants often are not linked to any financial performance metric, such as return on equity. And so as the United States nears the eighth year of a bull market, options can increase in value even if the CEOs are running companies whose share price has lagged broad benchmarks during their tenure. For example, shares of Caterpillar Inc CAT. N rose 54 percent during Douglas Oberhelman's tenure as CEO of the big equipment maker from mid to the end of , while the Dow 30 more than doubled during that span.

Caterpillar shares rose 36 percent in , making it one of the best performing stocks on the Dow.

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Trump has said he would use Caterpillar tractors to build a wall between the United States and Mexico. Caterpillar and Oberhelman declined to comment. Not all CEOs have been winners, however. Coca-Cola shares are off 3 percent since Trump was elected amid lingering concerns about consumers cutting their consumption of sugary drinks. A Coca-Cola spokesman declined to comment.

Reporting By Tim McLaughlin and Ross Kerber in Boston; Editing by Carmel Crimmins and Bill Rigby.

A decision by Goldman Sachs Group Inc last year to move an investment banking veteran to Seattle, as well as Evercore Partners Inc's hiring of a top banker defending companies against activist investors, has paid off handsomely. TOKYO Japan's Takata Corp , facing bankruptcy over the biggest recall in automotive history, would stop making air-bag inflators after completing a global recall, under a restructuring plan under consideration by its steering committee, sources told Reuters on Friday.

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