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Jonathan Bell Lovelace

Jonathan Bell Lovelace

American businessman (1895–1979)

Jonathan Bell Lovelace (1895–1979) was an American businessman, football coach, and investor. He was the founder of Capital Group Companies.

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Early life

Jonathan Bell Lovelace was born in 1895. He grew up in Brewton, Alabama and attended Auburn University.

Career

Lovelace spent most of the 1920s at a Detroit banking/brokerage firm, developing his investment research techniques and earning impressive results. In 1924, he became a partner in E.E. MacCrone. By 1929, before the stock market crash, he could see no logical relationship between stock market prices and their underlying values, so he sold his interest in the firm, took his investments out of the market and moved to California.[citation needed]

Lovelace founded Capital Research and Management Company in 1931 which was at first a small firm named Lovelace, Dennis and Renfrew.

Personal life

His son, Jon B. Lovelace Jr.,[1] a Hotchkiss School 1944 graduate,[2] served as an executive at Capital Group Companies. In 2007, his son and family were ranked #840 on the Forbes Billionaires List worth $1.1 billion.[3] As of 2019, grandson Rob Lovelace serves as an investment manager for a Capital Group fund.[4]

Death

He died in 1979.

References

  1. [1]
    Carter, Adrienne (19 November 2011). "Jon B. Lovelace, Mutual Fund Industry Leader, Dies at 84". The New York Times.
  2. [2]
    "Alumni Accomplishments". The Hotchkiss School. 2004. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  3. [3]
    "#840 Jonathan Lovelace Jr & family - Forbes.com". www.forbes.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  4. [4]
    "The $1.9T Fund Giant With a Crazy Idea About Investing". www.thewealthadvisor.com. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
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