John Vogelstein

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, His parents were Ruth and Hans Vogelstein.

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

Career Lazard Vogelstein began his career in 1954 at Lazard Fréres & Co. when he was 29. Vogelstein and Pincus developed the strategy of very large, long-term and diversified investments. Pincus was the firm's founder and chairman while Vogelstein was vice chairman and then president. 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.

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.

Vogelstein is credited for engineering Warburg Pincus's 1984 financial rescue of toy company Mattel in which $231 million was invested. As the largest shareholder in Mattel, Warburg Pincus managed the toy maker's recovery and quadrupled its 45% investment in seven years. 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.

New Providence Asset Management In 2003, Vogelstein formed the independent financial-management firm New Providence Asset Management,

Personal life Vogelstein married Barbara Louise Manfrey in 2000. He has two sons.

Vogelstein has served as the chairman of the Taft School,