John Adams Morgan

John Adams Morgan
Born(1930-09-17)September 17, 1930
Oyster Bay, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 23, 2025(2025-01-23) (aged 94)
EducationGroton School
Alma materYale University
Board member ofMasco
Provident Loan Society
Spouses
Elizabeth Robbins Choate
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(m. 1953; div. 1957)​
Tania Goss
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(m. 1962; div. 1966)​
Anne Chute
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(m. 1989; div. 1993)​
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(m. 1998; div. 2006)​
Connie Morgan
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(m. 2010)​
Children4
Parent(s)Henry Sturgis Morgan
Catherine Lovering Adams
RelativesMorgan family
AwardsOlympic 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.[1] 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.[2]

Early life

John Adams Morgan was born on September 17, 1930, in Oyster Bay on Long Island to Henry Sturgis Morgan[2] 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,[3] and a descendant of U.S. Presidents John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams.[4] John attended the Groton School, graduating in 1949.[5] He then attended Yale University,[6] graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1953.[5]

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.[7][8]

Business

Family Capital Growth Partners

Investment ManagersFinance

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.[9]


From 1956 to 1966, Morgan was a partner in Dominick & Dominick.[6] 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.[10]

In 1982, Morgan, the great-grandson of J. P. Morgan, established an investment banking firm known as Morgan Lewis Githens & Ahn, Inc.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13]

In 2001, the firm and Morgan's broker-dealer license, was bought by the newly established MLGA Holdings.[14] 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,[15] 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.[16] After the new firm was established, Morgan served as chairman of the board of directors of Morgan Joseph until his retirement in 2016.[14][17]

In December 2010, Morgan Joseph LLC merged with Tri-Artisan Partners LLC to form Morgan Joseph TriArtisan Group, Inc.[16][11] 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.[16]

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 [18]

Long Point Capital inc - Director of Board 1989 - retired 2016 [19]

Mr Morgan served on the board of directors for 35 years until his death in 2025 of the Morgan Library & Museum.[6] 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. [20]

He served as the founding chairman of the Board of Morgan Joseph until his retirement in 2016. [21]

Long Point Capital, Inc. Private Equity Investor 1989-12-31 2010-03-29
Morgan Lewis Gitchens & Ahn, Inc. Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Family Capital Growth Partners Corporate Officer/Principal

Personal life

Marriages and children

John Adams Morgan: Has 4 adult children from 4 different wives. His several early marriages were very short :

In 1953, he married his first wife, Elizabeth Robbins Choate (1953–1957), the daughter of Robert Burnett Choate and the sister of Robert B. Choate Jr.[22]

  • Before their divorce in 1957, they had John Adams Morgan Jr. In 1954

His second marriage was from 1962-1965 to Tania Goss, an alumna of the Ethel Walker School and Vassar College who was the daughter of Natalie Holbrook and Chauncey Porter Goss (d. 1964)[23] of Middlebury, Connecticut.[5]

  • in 1964 they had a son, Chauncey Goss Morgan,[24] who had a career in management primarily of manufacturing businesses.[25][26]

His third marriage was to Anne Chute in 1989-1993. They had no children together. [citation needed]

His fourth wife, Sonja Tremont, They were married in 1998 - 2006 (div)

  • Before their divorce seven years later in 2006, they had one daughter together,[27][28] Quincy Adams Morgan.[29]

His fifth wife Connie H. Morgan, to whom he was married from 2010 until his death in 2025. They share their daughter Caroline Philipson and stepdaughter Christina Philipson.[30] [31]

Residences

Morgan owned Caritas Island, a 3.5-acre (1.4 ha) private island compound off the coast of Stamford, Connecticut with a 26-room, 14,000-square-foot (1,300 m2) home originally built in 1906.[32] In 2011, Morgan listed the island for sale for $18.9 million.[33]

Death

Morgan died on January 23, 2025, at the age of 94.[34]

References

  1. ^ "Morgan Joseph TriArtisan". Archived from the original on March 9, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Saxon, Wolfgang (February 8, 1982). "HENRY S. MORGAN IS DEAD AT 81; MEMBER OF THE BANKING FAMILY". The New York Times. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "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". The New York Times. June 12, 1954. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c "Miss Tania Goss Bride Of John Adams Morgan". The New York Times. February 18, 1962. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "John A. Morgan: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". Bloomberg. Bloomberg. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  7. ^ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2008.
  8. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Morgan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on June 21, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  9. ^ "Network of John A. Morgan, Analysis of 16 relations - MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  10. ^ "Morgan Joseph | The Middle Market Investment Bank" (PDF). Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. Archived from the original on October 6, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Morgan Joseph LLC and Tri-Artisan Partners LLC Combine Forces Through Merger of Parent Companies Into Newly Formed Joint Holding Company". BusinessWire. January 3, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  12. ^ "Ecusta Buyout". The New York Times. March 30, 1985. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  13. ^ "Morgan Lewis Githens & AHN Inc. Completes Service America Acquisition with General Electric Credit Corporation Funding". PR Newswire (Press release). December 3, 1987. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  14. ^ a b "Morgan Lewis Githens purchased by investment group". Nashville Business Journal. November 28, 2001. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  15. ^ Daverman, Richard (May 15, 2002). "MLGA changes name | Nashville Post". Nashville Post. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  16. ^ a b c Bloomberg News (April 12, 2011). "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". Investment News. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  17. ^ Whiteside, R.; Bricault, G.; Carr, S. (December 6, 2012). The International Corporate 1000: A Directory of Who Runs The World's 1000 Leading Corporations 1987 Edition. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9789400932432. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  18. ^ "Experiences of John A. Morgan: Current and past positions - MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  19. ^ "Experiences of John A. Morgan: Current and past positions - MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  20. ^ "John A. Morgan: Positions, Relations and Network - MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  21. ^ "John A. Morgan: Positions, Relations and Network - MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  22. ^ "MISS CHOATE WED TO JOHN A. MORGAN | Christ Church in Hamilton Mass., Setting for Marriage ---Seven Attend the Bride". The New York Times. June 7, 1953. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  23. ^ "CHAUNCEY P. GOSS, 61 SCOVILL EXECUTIVE". The New York Times. October 29, 1964. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  24. ^ "N. F. Gyurkey Weds Mrs. Morgan". The New York Times. April 15, 1971. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  25. ^ "Chauncey G. Morgan: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". Bloomberg. Bloomberg. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  26. ^ "Management Team – Senet". www.senetco.com. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  27. ^ "Who Is Sonja Morgan's Ex-Husband, Millionaire John Adams Morgan?". 2paragraphs.com. June 16, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  28. ^ Stadtmiller, Mandy (April 7, 2011). "Let them eat cake!". New York Post. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  29. ^ Koerner, Allyson (April 13, 2016). "Sonja Morgan's Daughter Quincy Adams Morgan Is Following In Her Mother's Fashion Footsteps". Bustle.com. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  30. ^ "Sonja Morgan Marriage to Ex-Husband John Adams Morgan Put on Blast on RHONY". Heavy.com. April 25, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018. [permanent dead link]
  31. ^ "Read John Adams Morgan's Obituary & Leave Condolences". everloved.com. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  32. ^ David, Mark (April 15, 2013). "UPDATE: Sonja Tremont-Morgan". Variety. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  33. ^ "USA: "Real Housewife" Sonja Morgan's Ex-Husband Selling Private Island in CT". Private Island News. July 21, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  34. ^ "John Morgan Obituary". Retrieved February 11, 2025.
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