Personal Life and Pre-political Career
Lamont was born on January 3, 1954 in Washington, D.C. to Camille Helene (née Buzby) and Edward Miner Lamont, and is the great-grandson of former J. P. Morgan & Co. Chairman Thomas W. Lamont. Lamont's father was an economist who worked on the Marshall Plan, and later served in the Nixon administration in Department of Housing and Urban Development. Lamont attended Phillips Exeter Academy where he served as president of the student newspaper, The Exonian. After graduating Phillips Exeter in 1972, Lamont earned an Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 1976, and an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management in 1980.
In 1977 Lamont began working for The Black River Tribune, a small newspaper in Ludlow, Vermont. In 1983 Lamont married Ann Huntress, and together they have 3 children. Ann is a venture capitalist, serving as a managing partner at Oak Investment Partners; in 2007 she was named #50 in Forbes' "Midas List." After receiving his M.B.A. from Yale, Lamont entered the cable television industry, managing the start-up of Cablevision's operation in Fairfield County, Connecticut. In 1984, Lamont founded his own cable television company Lamont Digital Systems (now known as Campus Televideo), which provides satellite and telecommunication services to colleges and universities.
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