Adventures with Old Houses

Richard Hampton Jenrette was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on April 5, 1929. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina. He worked as an insurance salesman for two years. He received a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University Business School.

He worked for two years as a portfolio manager at the Wall Street firm Brown Brothers Harriman. In 1960, he, William H. Donaldson, and Dan Lufkin founded the Wall Street firm Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. In 1985, Jenrette sold the firm to Equitable Life. He also preserved historic homes and founded the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust. His books included Jenrette: The Contrarian Manager and Adventures with Old Houses. He died from complications of lymphoma on April 22, 2018 at the age of 89.

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