约瑟夫·肯尼迪(1888年9月6日出生于马萨诸塞州波士顿。，U.S.—died Nov. 18, 1969, Hyannis Port, Mass.), U.S. businessman and financier. He graduated from Harvard University in 1912. He was a bank president by age 25 and a millionaire at age 30. He became a shipbuilder, a motion-picture tycoon, and a large contributor to the Democratic Party. During the 1920s he acquired a large fortune by speculating in the stock market; he is also alleged to have traded in bootleg liquor during禁止．后来，作为美国证券交易委员会(Securities and Exchange Commission, 1934 - 1935)主席，他取缔了让他发家致富的投机行为，包括内幕交易和股票操纵。他是第一位担任驻英国大使的爱尔兰裔美国人(1937-40)。与妻子罗斯(Rose)一起，他鼓励孩子们在学业和运动方面具有竞争力，并期望家里的男孩们——包括约翰·肯尼迪，罗伯特·肯尼迪以及爱德华•肯尼迪(Edward kennedy)——追求公共服务事业。他在约翰·肯尼迪险胜理查德•尼克松(Richard Nixon)1960年的总统选举一直是争议的话题。
