John Batt Jr. is a local politician and businessman from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is married to wife Andre Batt, and has two daughters, Bailey and Kelly. He is the older brother of actor Bryan Batt. Batt is a fifth generation, lifelong resident of New Orleans. In his earlier years he attended Isidore Newman School in New Orleans until 1978, and later attended and graduated The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey until he graduated in 1979. Batt attended Sewanee: The University of the South, transferred and graduated from Tulane University with a BA of English in 1984 and went on to earn an MBA of Finance from University of New Orleans in 1986. While at Tulane, Batt was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity where he received the Order of the Lion Award.