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John Pierpont Morgan, Jr., (born Sept. 7, 1867, Irvington, N.Y., U.S.—died March 13, 1943, Boca Grande, Fla.), American banker and financier, the head of the Morgan investment banking house after the death of his father, John Pierpont Morgan, Sr.

Family. Morgan. Signature. John Pierpont “J.P.” Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) [1] was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is one of the world's oldest, largest and best-known financial institutions. The firm is built on the foundation of more than 1,200 predecessor institutions that have come together through the years to form today's company.

John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. (September 7, 1867–March 13, 1943) was a prominent American banker and financier who served as head of the Morgan investment banking house for thirty years. John Pierpont Morgan, Jr., or "Jack," was the eldest son of John Pierpont Morgan, the most powerful American banker and financier of the late nineteenth and ...

On July 3, 1915, a man forced his way into the home of millionaire J.P. "Jack" Morgan Jr., the son of banking magnate John Pierpont Morgan, and shot him twice. Fortunately, the bullets were fired randomly in the midst of a scuffle and inflicted only moderate injuries on the intended victim.

J.P. Morgan Jr was an American banker, finance executive, and philanthropist. He inherited his family’s fortune after his father J. P. Morgan died in 1913 and took over the family business interests including J.P. Morgan & Co.

Being the eldest son of a prominent family and heir to a vast fortune, J. P. Morgan Jr. was given the best education money could buy at the time. From ninth to twelfth grade, J. P. Morgan Jr. attended the prestigious St Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire (whose alumni included members of both the Vanderbilt and Astor families) and ...

J.P. Morgan, in full John Pierpont Morgan, (born April 17, 1837, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.—died March 31, 1913, Rome, Italy), American financier and industrial organizer, one of the world’s foremost financial figures during the two pre-World War I decades.