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John Touchton

Advisor at Ballast Point Ventures

John Touchton is a third-generation partner and President of The Witt-Touchton Company, a family investment partnership in Tampa, Florida. Previously, he was a founding partner at Bayshore Capital Advisors and also worked at Lazard Frères & Co. in New York and for NationsBank Investment Banking in Charlotte, North Carolina.

John currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Berkeley Preparatory School, and he is a member of the Board of Directors of Tampa General Hospital, where he chairs the Strategic Planning and Investment Committees. John formerly served as Chairman of the Tampa General Hospital Foundation and as President of CFA Tampa Bay. He was a member of the Advisory Faculty of the Institute for Private Investors in New York City, and a member of the Private Client Task Force for the CFA Institute.

John graduated with honors from Washington & Lee University and received an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.

Timeline

  • Advisor

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