J Edmund Colloton

Colloton comes to Bessemer with more than ten years' experience in private equity, most recently serving as Chief Operating Officer of J.P. Morgan Capital, the private equity arm of J.P. Morgan. He was also an investor for Morgan Capital, where he focused on investing in electronic financial services companies. Prior to J.P. Morgan, Colloton was an attorney in the mergers and acquisition group at Davis Polk & Wardwell, where he specialized in private equity transactions. Prior to his private equity career, Colloton served as an officer in the U.S. Navy onboard the USS Boulder in the U.S. Atlantic fleet and as a representative for international negotiations at the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Colloton has a B.A. in economics from Cornell University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.