Jay Jordan
Born
John Weaver Jordan

1947 or 1948 (age 75–76)
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame
Columbia University
Occupation(s)businessman and investor
Known forfounder of the Jordan Company
SpousePatricia Johnson (divorced)
Children5

John Weaver "Jay" Jordan II is an American businessman and investor, the chairman and founder of the Jordan Company (TJC), a private equity firm.

Career

Jordan spent the first nine years of his career working for the merchant bank Carl Marks & Co., Inc.[1]

Jordan founded TJC in 1982.[1] He invests in manufacturing companies, and follows a broadly similar strategy to that of Warren Buffett.

He is a director of Gulfstream Services, Worldwide Clinical Trials, Young Innovations, Lyric Opera and the Art Institute of Chicago.[1] He is a trustee of the University of Notre Dame.[1]

Personal life

He lives in Deerfield, Illinois, and Amagansett, Long Island, New York.[2]

Jordan was married to Patricia Johnson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Horace L. Johnson Jr. of Overland Park, Kansas, and they divorced before 1992.[2][3] In 1992, Patricia Johnson Jordan, 43, married Dr. Vincent John Vigorita, son of Pauline S. Vigorita of East Hampton, New York, and the late Dr. John L. Vigorita.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Jay Jordan - TJC". The Jordan Company. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Jennifer Lynn Jordan of Amagansett marries James Joseph Gorman of Chicago, Illinois - Amagansett". 27east.com. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 "WEDDINGS; Patricia J. Jordan and Vincent J. Vigorita". The New York Times. 21 June 1992. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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