John Weaver "Jay" Jordan II is an American businessman and investor, the chairman and founder of the
Jordan Company
The Jordan Company (TJC) is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and management buyout investments in smaller middle-market companies across a range of industries.
The firm, which is based in New York City, was founded in 1982. Th ...
(TJC), a
private equity firm.
Career
Jordan spent the first nine years of his career working for the merchant bank Carl Marks & Co., Inc.
Jordan founded TJC in 1982.
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
Lyric may refer to:
* Lyrics, the words, often in verse form, which are sung, usually to a melody, and constitute the semantic content of a song
* Lyric poetry is a form of poetry that expresses a subjective, personal point of view
* Lyric, from t ...
and the
Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the world. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 mill ...
.
He is a trustee of the
University of Notre Dame.
Personal life
He lives in
Deerfield, Illinois, and
Amagansett, Long Island, New York.
Jordan was married to Patricia Johnson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Horace L. Johnson Jr. of
Overland Park, Kansas, and they divorced before 1992.
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.
References
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Living people
University of Notre Dame Trustees
University of Notre Dame alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Columbia Business School alumni
American investors