John Rolfe grew up in Virginia, the heart of Dixie. He survived on a daily diet of collard greens and ham hocks. He attended the first in a long line of parent-teacher conferences for disciplinary problems as a kindergartner after hocking a loogie onto another student in his gym class. John's parents deny all responsibility for his early, ornery demeanor.
John made it through high school and attended Virginia Tech where he majored in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. He graduated in 1990 summa cum laude, but for some mysterious reason only interviewed for a single job for post-graduation employment. It happened to be with an axle manufacturer in rural Alabama. This ranked slightly below a coveted career picking the noses of fisherman, so he decided to continue his pursuit of higher education. He subsequently spent two years at the University of Florida, graduating in 1992 with a master's degree in journalism and broadcasting. Out of money, tired of studying, and convinced that "if I can make it there, I can make it anywhere," he moved to New York City and took a job in broadcast research.
In 1993, after concluding that Frank Sinatra had sold him a bill of goods, John entered the graduate program at the Wharton School of Business. While there, he published The Wharton Vulgarian. He spent the summer of 1994 as an associate in the investment banking division of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and then joined the firm full time upon his graduation from Wharton in 1995.
In 1997, John left DLJ for a position as an investment professional with a private investment partnership. He left that organization at year-end 1999, and has since been spending his time at home eating bonbons while his wife brings home the bacon. In his spare time he searches for outstanding investment opportunities.
John was lucky enough to marry Amy in September 1999.