The Ambassador from Wall Street: The Story of Thomas W. Lamont, J.P. Morgan's Chief Executive

by Edward M. Lamont

Publisher:

Madison Books

, 1993

Overview

This is the first biography of the man who, as J.P. Morgan’s CEO and the leading banker of his generation, helped establish U.S. economic policy through his broad-reaching financial, political and social connections.
Edward Lamont offers fresh insight into the turbulent period between the two world wars through this fascinating account of the life of the most influential banker of his era.

Praise for The Ambassador from Wall Street

This affectionate and well-researched volume tells of one of the most influential, ven powerful financial figures of his time and certainly one of the most diverse intelligent. We are greatly in debt to Edward Lamont for this literate and thoroughly interesting biography.

...depicts the life of a true gentleman who worked largely behind the scenes, whether it involved rasing money on Wall Street or negoiating peace in the diplomatic arena. It is to Lamont’s credit that he was cultivated by U.S. presidents (Hoover and FDR); he enjoyed the good life and knew ’everyone work knowing.

[Lamont] offers a throrough portrait based on previously unreleased and extensive personal and family correspondence...Not only do we get a firsthand look at history in the making, but we also get glimpses of major social and cultural personalities...Recommended.

Product Details

• Title: The Ambassador from Wall Street: The Story of Thomas W. Lamont, J.P. Morgan's Chief Executive
• Author: Edward M. Lamont
• Publisher: Madison Books
• Print Publication Date: 1993
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 602
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781461699996, 9781568330181, 1568330189, 1461699991
• Resource ID: LLS:9781461699996
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T00:08:18Z

About Edward M. Lamont

Edward M. Lamont served in the U.S. Navy, and was a banker for twenty-three years with the World Bank and JP Morgan & Co. He also worked for the Marshall Plan and NATO in Paris and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, DC. He is a chairman emeritus of The Children's Aid Society in New York City. Lamont is the author of The Ambassador From Wall Street: The Story of Thomas W. Lamont, J.P. Morgan's Chief Executive and Ned Miner and His Pioneering Forebears. He and his wife Camille made their home in Laurel Hollow, Long Island, New York. They have three children and five grand children.