Joshua Graham

Graham, Joshua N.
Joshua N. Graham, died unexpectedly on September 30, 2014 from an apparent heart attack. Josh, a lifelong resident of Greenwich, was born on November 18, 1946 to the late Florence A. Keith and Joseph F. Graham II. He was the beloved husband of Pamela Cogghill Graham and the proud father of Joshua N. Graham, Jr. and Jonathan C. Graham. He leaves his brothers Jonathan W. Graham (Frances) of Palm City, FL and Joseph F. Graham III (Cheryl) of San Francisco, CA, a sister Jennifer Keith Urbahn (Trey) of New Canaan, CT, nephews Keith Urbahn (Kristin) of Washington, DC, Max Urbahn and Alex Urbahn of New Canaan, CT. as well as a niece, Elise Walters (Jonathan) of Stamford, CT, and a nephew Paul L. Graham (Anna) of Woodside, CA. Josh graduated from Greenwich Country Day School, Brunswick School, Georgetown University (BS) and Fordham Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA). Josh began his banking career at Lazard Frères and Goldman Sachs. His entrepreneurial spirit and banking experience, together with his early passion in telecommunications and information technology, led him in 1979 to found and later take public Electronic Mail Corporation of America (EMCA). EMCA is considered by many as the world's first commercial email services company where he served as chairman and CEO. From 1988 to present Josh was managing director of FrontLine Capital, LLC, providing private equity, strategic advisory, and business development services to early stage companies. In 1998 he was founder and CEO of Telnext Communications LTD (Bermuda), a next generation IP based telecommunications carrier with facilities developed in over a dozen countries. Most recently Josh had been involved in several projects in Asia.He will be interred in Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich, CT.