Edward Miner Lamont Jr., known as Ned Lamont, is an American businessman, philanthropist, and politician serving as the 89th Governor of Connecticut since January 9, 2019, and reelected in 2022. Born to economist Edward Miner Lamont, who worked on the Marshall Plan and in the Nixon administration's Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Camille Helene Lamont (née Buzby), a staffer for Senator Estes Kefauver, he is the eldest of three children and grew up primarily in Greenwich, Connecticut. Notable relatives include great-grandfather Thomas W. Lamont, chairman of J.P. Morgan & Co., and grand-uncle Corliss Lamont, ACLU director and founder of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy (graduated 1972, where he served as president of The Exonian), earned a B.A. in Sociology from Harvard College (1976), and an M.B.A. from Yale School of Management (1980). Lamont is currently an adjunct professor of political science and philosophy at Central Connecticut State University, where he helped found a business startup competition, and has volunteered as an entrepreneurship teacher at Harding High School in Bridgeport. Married to venture capitalist Annie Lamont (née Ann Huntress) since September 10, 1983, they have three children: Emily, Lindsay, and Teddy Lamont, and reside in Greenwich, Connecticut, with a vacation home in North Haven, Maine. His professional career includes editing the Black River Tribune (1977), managing startup operations for Cablevision in the early 1980s, founding Campus Televideo (1984) as part of Lamont Digital Systems (acquired by Apogee in 2015), and serving on boards of Mercy Corps and Conservation Services Group. Politically, he served on the Greenwich Board of Selectmen (1987-1989) and Board of Estimate and Taxation (three terms), chaired the Connecticut State Investment Advisory Council for four years, ran unsuccessfully for Connecticut State Senate (1990), U.S. Senate (2006, defeating incumbent Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary but losing the general election after self-funding over $12.7 million), and Connecticut governor (2010 Democratic primary). He also co-chaired Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign in Connecticut. Lamont has a high net worth from business and investments, reporting $54 million adjusted gross income in 2021 (mostly capital gains), with holdings in ~300 funds and 41 companies; he takes no state salary. No criminal convictions or arrests, though criticized for policy decisions like proposed (later reversed) tax increases and vetoing grants amid a 2026 FBI investigation, and indirectly accused in a 2025 unproven corruption letter by Kosta Diamantis.