John Vogelstein Explained

John Vogelstein
Birth Date:1934 12, mf=yes
Birth Place:New York City, US
Occupation:Original president and vice-chairman of Warburg Pincus

John L. Vogelstein (born December 9, 1934) is an American business executive and financier. With Lionel Pincus, he co-founded the specialized financial services firm that became Warburg Pincus, and was its president and vice chairman from the late 1960s to 2002.

Early life and education

Vogelstein was born in 1934 in New York City,[1] His parents were Ruth and Hans Vogelstein. He was a student at the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut.[2]

He attended Harvard College for two years before leaving at age 19 to begin his career in finance at Lazard.[3] [4]

Career

Lazard

Vogelstein began his career in 1954 at Lazard Fréres & Co.[1] He was at Lazard for 13 years, rising to become its head of research and then partner in early 1964[5] when he was 29.

Warburg Pincus

Following a disagreement with Lazard senior partner Andre Meyer in 1967, that year he joined Lionel Pincus in founding the specialized financial services firm that in 1971[1] became Warburg Pincus.[3] [6] Vogelstein and Pincus developed the strategy of very large, long-term and diversified investments.

At Warburg Pincus, Vogelstein helped establish the "venture capital megafund" in the 1960s.[7] [8] Pincus was the firm's founder and chairman[9] while Vogelstein was vice chairman[10] and then president.[11] [7]

As executive vice president, Vogelstein led the company’s negotiations in deals that included Twentieth Century Fox, Humana and Mattel.[12] He was a member of the board of Twentieth Century Fox in the late 1970s, and was elected to the board of production company Filmways after it was acquired by Orion Pictures in 1982.[13] [14]

During his time at Warburg Pincus, the company became the financial industry’s first $100 million fund in 1981, and the first $1 billion fund in 1986.[15] [7] He and Pincus went on to raise billions of dollars to invest in companies across diversified industries.[16]

Vogelstein is credited for engineering Warburg Pincus’s 1984 financial rescue of toy company Mattel in which $231 million was invested.[8] [17] [18] As the largest shareholder in Mattel, Warburg Pincus managed the toy maker’s recovery and quadrupled its 45% investment in seven years.[19] [20] Vogelstein and Pincus also negotiated the $1 billion rescue plan of Mellon Bank in 1988, using the “good bank-bad bank” structure wherein Mellon created a new bank to house troubled loans.[21] [19] Vogelstein was Warburg Pincus's president and vice chairman until 2002, when both he and Pincus stepped down.[22] [6] He was thereafter a senior adviser for the company and remained a special limited partner.[23]

New Providence Asset Management

In 2003, Vogelstein formed the independent financial-management firm New Providence Asset Management,[1] and was its chairman and general partner.[24] New Providence Asset Management was acquired by The Colony Group, a Boston-based investment advisory firm, in 2021.[25]

Personal life

Vogelstein married Barbara Louise Manfrey in 2000. His previous marriages ended in divorce.[26] He has two sons.[27]

Vogelstein has served as the chairman of the Taft School,[26] Third Way,[24] and chairman emeritus of the New York City Ballet and Prep for Prep.[28]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kolker . Carole . Oral History with John L. Vogelstein . . May 3, 2024 . February 5, 2013.
  2. Web site: John L. Vogelstein . Third Way . 2 October 2020.
  3. Book: Reich . C. . Meyer . A. . Financier: The Biography of Andre Meyer: A Story of Money, Power, and the Reshaping of American Business . 1983 . Morrow . 9780688015510.
  4. Web site: John L. Vogelstein . Bloomberg . 2 October 2020.
  5. News: Lazard Freres Names New Partner . 1 October 2020 . New York Times . 10 February 1964.
  6. News: Berman . Phyllis . We'll Do It Our Way . 2 October 2020 . Forbes . 8 May 2006.
  7. Book: Janeway . D. W. H. . Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State . 8 October 2012 . Cambridge University Press . 9781139789905 . 91.
  8. News: Gupta . Udayan . Megafund Chief Pincus Speaks Softly, Carries a $1.17 Billion Venture Stake . The Wall Street Journal . 3 March 1987.
  9. News: Lionel Pincus, 78, founder, chairman of Warburg Pincus . 3 October 2020 . Associated Press . Boston Globe . 13 October 2009.
  10. News: Lattman . Peter . Miller . Stephen . Wall Street Leader Helped Shape Private-Equity Arena . 3 October 2020 . The Wall Street Journal . 13 October 2009.
  11. News: Harmetz . Aljean . Orion Group Gets Filmways . 3 October 2020 . The New York Times . 10 February 1983.
  12. News: Saito-Chung . David . Lionel Pincus Ignited Venture Capital's Boom Invest: His private-equity moves spurred growth firms . Investor's Business Daily . 6 February 2013.
  13. News: Harmetz . Aljean . Hirschfield in Talks with Fox . 1 October 2020 . New York Times . 21 September 1979.
  14. News: Harmetz . Aljean . Orion Group Gets Filmways . 1 October 2020 . The New York Times . 10 February 1982.
  15. News: Fisher . Daniel . Warburg Pincus: The Merchant Of Modest . 2 October 2020 . Forbes . 4 September 2013.
  16. News: Rehfeld . Barry . Profile; Even in Hard Times, He's Still the Top Player in Town . 1 October 2020 . The New York Times . 23 October 1994.
  17. News: Bannon . Lisa . Lublin . Joann S. . Jill Barad Resigns as Mattel CEO As Toymaker's Results Suffer . 1 October 2020 . The Wall Street Journal . 4 February 2000.
  18. News: Berman . Phyllis . Destiny's Plaything . Forbes . 12 August 1985.
  19. News: Anders . George . Is Warburg Pincus's Magic Waning? . The Wall Street Journal . 19 July 1990.
  20. News: Gellene . Denise . Mattel Isn't Toying Around : Firm Manages Dramatic Comeback From Near-Disaster . 1 October 2020 . LA Times . 3 July 1989.
  21. News: Fitzpatrick . Dan . The Return of 'Good Bank-Bad Bank' . 22 October 2020 . The Wall Street Journal . 8 April 2008.
  22. News: Scannell . Kara . Sender . Henny . Fund's Completion Marks Milestone For Warburg Pincus's New Leaders . 2 October 2020 . The Wall Street Journal . 29 April 2002.
  23. News: Bandell . Brian . Disbarred attorney sells South Beach condo for $15M . 19 March 2021 . South Florida Business Journal . 2 March 2018.
  24. News: Bierman . Noah . Third Way in struggle for the Democratic Party's soul. Boston Globe . 6 Oct 2014.
  25. Web site: Benjamin . Jeff . The Colony Group acquires $2.8 billion New Providence Asset Management . Investment News . May 10, 2024 . July 1, 2021.
  26. News: WEDDINGS; Barbara Manfrey, John Vogelstein . 1 October 2020 . The New York Times . 23 April 2000.
  27. News: Beyus . Linda . The Dedication . 2 October 2020 . Fall 2002 . Taft Bulletin.
  28. Web site: Board of Trustees . 2023-02-24 . www.prepforprep.org.

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