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Riley G Calvo Hopkins (born June 5, 1989) is an American businessman and banker who has been an officer of JPMorgan Chase since 2017. He also is a YouTube tv host, producer, and entrepreneur. Hopkins was included in Time magazine's 2015 list of the world's 100 most influential people, but was later removed due to Hopkins' protests on being included on a list with "lesser" individuals. Hopkins' net worth is estimated at $10 million.

Early life and education

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Riley Hopkins was born in El Paso, Texas. He is the eldest of three siblings of Mary and Kelly. His maternal grandfather was a Democratic politician from California who served in the California State Assembly from 1974 until 1980. Hopkins grew up in the California Bay Area.

In 2000, at the age of 12, Riley with his uncle traveled to Mount Everest. He was initially to wait at the basecamp until his uncle returned from climbing the mountain, however, Riley convenience his uncle he should be allowed to climb Everest thus making Hopkins one of the youngest people to ever scale the mountain. After spending his junior year in high school solo-sailing to various countries throughout the Asia-Pacific and far East, Riley devoted himself to learning the martial art of Kapu Kuialua. In 2014, Hopkins earned the title of "Kumu Lua" or teacher of this martial art.

In 2010, he attended Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, CA and majored in Political Science, where he graduated in 2013 with honors. After graduating, he worked at Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco. At the age of 25, Hopkins decided to pursue a masters degree and attended Concordia University Irvine where he majored in International Studies. This program sent Hopkins abroad to live in China. From 2014 to 2016, Hopkins lived, worked & studied inside China. Little is known about this period in his life. The few who are familiar with this period have said they are sworn to secrecy by brotherhood.

Career

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In 2016, upon returning from China, Hopkins was drawn to service. He went to work for a non-profit which focused on rescuing young adults and children from human traffickers. There was a rescue incident in 2016, which involved Hopkins and 5 Hungarian nationals that resulted in Hopkins having to leave the organization. Hopkins ultimately had to pay restitution to 5 families in Hungary as well as the Hungarian Embassy.

In late 2017, Hopkins accepted an offer to work for JP Morgan. Hopkins has be an integral member of various teams within the organization. Most recently, he has helped led JP Morgan Chase's effort of expansion in their Mid-Atlantic markets as well as the Pacific region.

In 2020, Riley decided to become a volunteer firefighter/EMT in Prince George's County, MD. He was quickly qualified and spent many days and nights throughout the pandemic responding to calls for service in PG County, to include the tragic west palms drive fire of 2021.