John Adams Morgan

{{Short description|American sailor (1930–2025)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = John Adams Morgan | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|9|17|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Oyster Bay, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|1|23|1930|9|17|mf=yes}} | death_place = | education = Groton School | alma_mater = Yale University | parents = Henry Sturgis Morgan<br/>Catherine Lovering Adams | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Elizabeth Robbins Choate|1953|1957|reason=div}} * {{marriage|Tania Goss|1962|1966|end=div}} * {{marriage|Anne Chute|1989|1993|reason=div<!--unknown?-->}} * {{marriage|Sonja Tremont|1998|2006|reason=div}} * {{marriage|Connie Morgan|2010}} }} | children = 4 | relatives = Morgan family | boards = Masco<br/>Provident Loan Society | awards = Olympic Gold Medal at 1952 Olympics: 6m class }}

'''John Adams Morgan''' (September 17, 1930 – January 23, 2025) was an American sailor, Olympic champion and the founder of Morgan Joseph.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morgan Joseph TriArtisan |url=http://morganjoseph.com/contact.php?enviar=M&pri=12&office=New%20York&Industry=Industry&title=Chairman |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309064656/http://morganjoseph.com/contact.php?enviar=M&pri=12&office=New%20York&Industry=Industry&title=Chairman |archive-date=March 9, 2017 |access-date=September 13, 2012}}</ref> His father, Henry Sturgis Morgan, was the co-founder of Morgan Stanley and his great-grandfather was J. P. Morgan, founder of J.P. Morgan & Co.<ref name="NYTObit1982">{{cite news |last1=Saxon |first1=Wolfgang |date=February 8, 1982 |title=HENRY S. MORGAN IS DEAD AT 81; MEMBER OF THE BANKING FAMILY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/08/obituaries/henry-s-morgan-is-dead-at-81-member-of-the-banking-family.html |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

==Early life== John Adams Morgan was born on September 17, 1930, in Oyster Bay on Long Island to Henry Sturgis Morgan<ref name="NYTObit1982"/> and Catherine Lovering Adams. His mother was the daughter of Frances Lovering and Charles Francis Adams III, the U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover,<ref name="CFAObit1954">{{cite news |date=June 12, 1954 |title=C.F. ADAMS IS DEAD; HEADED U. S. NAVY {{!}} Hoover Cabinet Aide, 87, Was Banker, Philanthropist and Civic Leader in Boston {{!}} NOTED AS YACHTSMAN {{!}} While at Helm of Resolute, He Defeated Shamrock IV - Won 3 Cups in Year |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/06/12/archives/cf-adsisdead-headed-u-s-navy-hoover-cabinet-aide-87-was-banker.html |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> and a descendant of U.S. Presidents John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams.<ref>New York Times. "J. Pierpont's Second Son Engaged: Henry Sturgis, Harvard Junior, to Wed Miss Catherine Adams of Boston, After Graduation." June 24, 1922, p. 26.</ref> John attended the Groton School, graduating in 1949.<ref name="1962Wedding"/> He then attended Yale University,<ref name="BloombergBio"/> graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1953.<ref name="1962Wedding"/>

==Career== ===Olympic career=== Morgan competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he won a gold medal in the ''6 metre class'' with the boat ''Llanoria''.<ref name="db-ol-YAT1952">{{cite web |title=1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Sailing |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=13&sp=YAT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827110540/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=13&sp=YAT |archive-date=August 27, 2007 |access-date=May 31, 2008 |website=databaseOlympics.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/john-morgan-2.html |title=John Morgan |access-date=June 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621185614/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/john-morgan-2.html |archive-date=June 21, 2015 }}</ref>

=== Business === Family Capital Growth Partners

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Family Capital Growth Partners (FCGP) invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in growth capital transactions with an investment of USD 2 - 30 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Network of John A. Morgan, Analysis of 16 relations - MarketScreener |url=https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/JOHN-A-MORGAN-A02MHL/network/ |access-date=January 6, 2026 |website=www.marketscreener.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

From 1956 to 1966, Morgan was a partner in Dominick & Dominick.<ref name="BloombergBio"/> From 1966 to 1982, he worked at Smith Barney, serving as a senior vice president in charge of the corporate finance department, and from 1970 as vice chairman of Smith Barney in charge of the firm's merger and acquisition activities, a member of the executive committee and a director of Smith Barney International Inc.<ref name="MorganJoseph&Co">{{cite web |title=Morgan Joseph {{!}} The Middle Market Investment Bank |url=http://www.morganjoseph.com/brochure.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006212714/http://morganjoseph.com/brochure.pdf |archive-date=October 6, 2010 |access-date=March 8, 2017 |publisher=Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc.}}</ref>

In 1982, Morgan, the great-grandson of J. P. Morgan, established an investment banking firm known as Morgan Lewis Githens & Ahn, Inc.<ref name="BusinessWire2011"/> In 1985, it organized a leveraged buyout with the Olin Corporation, an industrial chemical concern based in Stamford, Connecticut, of Olin's Ecusta cigarette paper business.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 30, 1985 |title=Ecusta Buyout |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/30/business/ecusta-buyout.html |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> In 1987, the firm assisted with the acquisition of Service America Corp. from Alleco Inc., formerly Allegheny Beverage Corporation, for $450 million in cash and securities.<ref name="1987Acquisition">{{cite press release |title=Morgan Lewis Githens & AHN Inc. Completes Service America Acquisition with General Electric Credit Corporation Funding |date=December 3, 1987 |url=http://www.sawayasegalas.com/resources/news/19871203_pr_Morgan_Lewis_Githens_Acquisition.aspx |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=PR Newswire}}</ref>

In 2001, the firm and Morgan's broker-dealer license, was bought by the newly established MLGA Holdings.<ref name="2001Purchase">{{cite news |date=November 28, 2001 |title=Morgan Lewis Githens purchased by investment group |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2001/11/26/daily24.html |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=Nashville Business Journal}}</ref> Mr Morgan, along with Fred Joseph (1937–2010), the former president and chief executive officer of the investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert during the 1980 - to its closure , co-founded the new entity, which became known as Morgan Joseph LLC in 2002,<ref name="Daverman2002">{{cite news |last1=Daverman |first1=Richard |date=May 15, 2002 |title=MLGA changes name {{!}} Nashville Post |url=http://www.nashvillepost.com/home/article/20444349/mlga-changes-name |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=Nashville Post |language=en}}</ref> sought to create a high-yield business for mid-size companies and take advantage of investment bankers who were laid off during the technology stock bubble of 2000.<ref name="InvestmentNews2011">{{cite news |last1=Bloomberg News |date=April 12, 2011 |title=One more PE firm gets into broker-dealer biz {{!}} Drexel renunion as Leon Black's Apollo's buys into Morgan Joseph TriArtisan; fees the key |url=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20110412/FREE/110419985/one-more-pe-firm-gets-into-broker-dealer-biz |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=Investment News}}</ref> After the new firm was established, Morgan served as chairman of the board of directors of Morgan Joseph until his retirement in 2016.<ref name="2001Purchase"/><ref name="Corporate1000">{{cite book |last1=Whiteside |first1=R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3YXpCAAAQBAJ&q=Morgan+Lewis+Githens+%26+Ahn%2C+Inc&pg=PA319 |title=The International Corporate 1000: A Directory of Who Runs The World's 1000 Leading Corporations 1987 Edition |last2=Bricault |first2=G. |last3=Carr |first3=S. |date=December 6, 2012 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=9789400932432 |language=en |access-date=March 8, 2017}}</ref>

In December 2010, Morgan Joseph LLC merged with Tri-Artisan Partners LLC to form Morgan Joseph TriArtisan Group, Inc.<ref name="InvestmentNews2011"/><ref name="BusinessWire2011">{{cite news |date=January 3, 2011 |title=Morgan Joseph LLC and Tri-Artisan Partners LLC Combine Forces Through Merger of Parent Companies Into Newly Formed Joint Holding Company |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110103005267/en/Morgan-Joseph-LLC-Tri-Artisan-Partners-LLC-Combine |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=BusinessWire |language=en}}</ref> In April 2011, Apollo Global Management invested in Morgan Joseph TriArtisan, and registered as a brokerage firm to find clients and deals for its buyout and hedge funds.<ref name="InvestmentNews2011"/>

===Board of trustees=== From 1969, Morgan served as a director of Upham & Co., Inc. From 1989 until January 1998, he was a director of TriMas Corporation until it was acquired by Metaldyne Corporation. He then served as a director of Metaldyne from 1984 until its recapitalization in November 2000. As of 2001, he was a director of Furnishings International Inc. and a trustee of the Provident Loan Society of New York. Served as a director of Raytheon Technologies and of Flight Safety.

Family Capital Growth Partners - Principal, Corporate office <ref>{{Cite web |title=Experiences of John A. Morgan: Current and past positions - MarketScreener |url=https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/JOHN-A-MORGAN-A02MHL/experience/ |access-date=January 6, 2026 |website=www.marketscreener.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Long Point Capital inc - Director of Board 1989 - retired 2016 <ref>{{Cite web |title=Experiences of John A. Morgan: Current and past positions - MarketScreener |url=https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/JOHN-A-MORGAN-A02MHL/experience/ |access-date=January 6, 2026 |website=www.marketscreener.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Mr Morgan served on the board of directors for 35 years until his death in 2025 of the Morgan Library & Museum.<ref name="BloombergBio">{{cite web |title=John A. Morgan: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=1438348&privcapId=1214561&previousCapId=272910&previousTitle=FlightSafety%20International%20Inc. |access-date=March 8, 2017 |website=Bloomberg |publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref> and was serving on financial board of the Museum at the same time.

He was on the board of Directors of Masco for 30 years and retired in 2015. <ref>{{Cite web |title=John A. Morgan: Positions, Relations and Network - MarketScreener |url=https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/JOHN-A-MORGAN-A02MHL/ |access-date=January 6, 2026 |website=www.marketscreener.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

He served as the founding chairman of the Board of Morgan Joseph until his retirement in 2016. <ref>{{Cite web |title=John A. Morgan: Positions, Relations and Network - MarketScreener |url=https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/JOHN-A-MORGAN-A02MHL/ |access-date=January 6, 2026 |website=www.marketscreener.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |- | rowspan="1" |Long Point Capital, Inc. |Private Equity Investor |1989-12-31 |2010-03-29 |- | rowspan="1" |Morgan Lewis Gitchens & Ahn, Inc. |Corporate Officer/Principal | - | - |- | rowspan="1" |Family Capital Growth Partners |Corporate Officer/Principal |}

==Personal life==

=== Marriages and children === His first marriage was to Elizabeth Robbins Choate (1953–1957), the daughter of Robert Burnett Choate and the sister of Robert B. Choate Jr.<ref name="1953Wedding">{{cite news |date=June 7, 1953 |title=MISS CHOATE WED TO JOHN A. MORGAN {{!}} Christ Church in Hamilton Mass., Setting for Marriage ---Seven Attend the Bride |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/06/07/archives/miss-choate-wed-to-john-1-orguq-christ-church-in-hamilton-mass.html |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> They had John Adams Morgan Jr. 1954, and divorced in 1957.

His second marriage was to Tania Goss (1962-1965), an alumna of the Ethel Walker School and Vassar College who was the daughter of Natalie Holbrook and Chauncey Porter Goss (d. 1964)<ref>{{cite news |date=October 29, 1964 |title=CHAUNCEY P. GOSS, 61 SCOVILL EXECUTIVE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/29/chauncey-p-goss-61-scovill-executive.html |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> of Middlebury, Connecticut.<ref name="1962Wedding">{{cite news |date=February 18, 1962 |title=Miss Tania Goss Bride Of John Adams Morgan |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C03E4DA173DE532A2575BC1A9649C946391D6CF&legacy=true |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> In 1964 they had a son, Chauncey Goss Morgan,<ref>{{cite news |date=April 15, 1971 |title=N. F. Gyurkey Weds Mrs. Morgan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/15/archives/n-f-gyurkey-weds-mrs-morgan.html?_r=0 |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> who had a career in management primarily of manufacturing businesses.<ref name="ChaunceyGMorganBloomberg">{{cite web |title=Chauncey G. Morgan: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=307580801&privcapId=3474348&previousCapId=3474348&previousTitle=Senet,%20Inc. |access-date=March 8, 2017 |website=Bloomberg |publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Management Team – Senet |url=http://www.senetco.com/management-team/ |access-date=March 8, 2017 |website=www.senetco.com}}</ref>

His third marriage was to Anne Chute (1989-1993). They had no children together. {{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=May 2021}}

His fourth marriage was to Sonja Tremont (1998-2006). They had one daughter together,<ref name="2paragraphs">{{cite news |date=June 16, 2015 |title=Who Is Sonja Morgan's Ex-Husband, Millionaire John Adams Morgan? |url=http://2paragraphs.com/2015/06/who-is-sonja-morgans-ex-husband-millionaire-john-adams-morgan/ |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=2paragraphs.com}}</ref><ref name="Stadtmiller2011">{{cite news |last1=Stadtmiller |first1=Mandy |date=April 7, 2011 |title=Let them eat cake! |url=https://nypost.com/2011/04/07/let-them-eat-cake-3/ |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=New York Post}}</ref> Quincy Adams Morgan.<ref name="Koerner2016">{{cite news |last1=Koerner |first1=Allyson |date=April 13, 2016 |title=Sonja Morgan's Daughter Quincy Adams Morgan Is Following In Her Mother's Fashion Footsteps |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/154008-sonja-morgans-daughter-quincy-adams-morgan-is-following-in-her-mothers-fashion-footsteps |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=Bustle.com}}</ref>

His fifth marriage was to Connie H. Morgan (2010-2025) to whom he was married to until his death in 2025. They share their daughter Caroline Philipson and stepdaughter Christina Philipson.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 25, 2018 |title=Sonja Morgan Marriage to Ex-Husband John Adams Morgan Put on Blast on RHONY |url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/04/sonja-morgan-ex-husband-john-adams/ |access-date=May 8, 2018 |work=Heavy.com}} {{Dead link|date=February 2025 |fix-attempted=yes |url=}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=Read John Adams Morgan's Obituary & Leave Condolences |url=https://everloved.com/life-of/john-adams-morgan/obituary/ |access-date=January 2, 2026 |website=everloved.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Residences=== Morgan owned Caritas Island, a {{convert|3.5|acre|adj=on}} private island compound off the coast of Stamford, Connecticut with a 26-room, {{convert|14,000|ft2|adj=on}} home originally built in 1906.<ref name="David2013">{{cite news |last1=David |first1=Mark |date=April 15, 2013 |title=UPDATE: Sonja Tremont-Morgan |url=https://variety.com/2013/dirt/real-estalker/update-sonja-tremont-morgan-1201235462/ |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=Variety}}</ref> In 2011, Morgan listed the island for sale for $18.9 million.<ref name="PrivateIslandNews2011">{{cite news |date=July 21, 2011 |title=USA: "Real Housewife" Sonja Morgan's Ex-Husband Selling Private Island in CT |url=http://www.privateislandnews.com/usa-real-housewife-sonja-morgan%E2%80%99s-ex-husband-selling-private-island-in-ct/ |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=Private Island News}}</ref>

=== Death === Morgan died on January 23, 2025, at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Morgan Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/john-morgan-obituary?id=57500712 |access-date=February 11, 2025}}</ref>

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