Education
University of Pennsylvania.
University of Pennsylvania.
John Patrick Grayken as born in June 1956 was brought up in Cohasset, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. He received a Bachelor degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and an Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School in 1982. Grayken first worked at Morgan Stanley, before joining the Texas billionaire Robert Bass.
Grayken founded Lone Star in 1995.
In 1999, Grayken became an Irish citizen, renouncing his American citizenship. As of 2015, he lives in Pyrford Court, Surrey, which features prominently in the 1976 movie, The Omen.
Pyrford Court is a Grade II listed 15-bedroom house, built in 1910 for Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh.