Exhibit 31.1


                                  CERTIFICATE

I, John W. Jordan II, certify that:

1) I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Jordan
   Industries, Inc;

2) Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
   untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
   necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
   under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
   the period covered by this quarterly report;

3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
   information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
   material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
   cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
   this quarterly report;

4) The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
   establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
   defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
   registrant and we have:

   a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
      disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
      supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
      registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
      us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
      which this quarterly report is being prepared;

   b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
      and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
      effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
      end of the period covered by this report and based on such
      evaluation; and

   c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
      control over financial reporting that occurred during the
      registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's last fiscal
      quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
      affected, or is reasonable likely to materially affect, the
      registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5) The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,
   based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
   financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
   committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
   the equivalent function):

   a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
      operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are
      reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to
      record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

   b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
      employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal
      controls over financial reporting.



Date: August 13, 2003
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                                             /s/  John W. Jordan II
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                                             Name: John W. Jordan II
                                             Title: Chairman and CEO