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A Short Biography of John Train

Author Name:

John Train

Born As:

John Train

Other Names:

John Train

Born:

1928

Died:





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Attorney, investment banker and political activist                          
Selected Works:

Money Masters of Our Time
Investing and Managing Trusts Under the New Prudent Investor Rule: A Guide for Trustees, Investment Advisors, & Lawyers 
The Craft of Investing
The Midas Touch: The Strategies That Have Made Warren Buffett 'America's Preeminent Investor'
Dance of the Money Bees: A Professional Speaks Frankly on Investing
The Olive: Tree of Civilization
The Orange: Golden Joy.

Co-founded and managing editor of The Paris Review in 1953.                          
                          
Founded the New York money management firm now known as Train, Babcock Advisors in 1959.

Chairman of the Montrose Group, investment advisors and tax accountants.

Founder and chairman of the Train Foundation, which funds the Civil Courage Prize.                          
Train received part-time appointments from Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton as a director of government agencies and entities dealing with Africa, Asia, and Central Europe.