Evermont Hope Norton (1873–1960) was a stock broker and railroad tycoon from Richmond, Virginia.

The year after he graduated, he began work in Wall Street, where he had a successful early career as a stockbroker as a founding member of Norton & Tunstall (later E. H. Norton & Co).

[4] In 1897, Norton became director and vice-president of the Michigan Traction Company, following his father into the railroad business.

[4] Under Norton's leadership, the Guayaquil and Quito Railway Company built the Ecuadorian Railroad, running from the Pacific Coast city of Guayaquil over the Andes Mountains to Quito.

In 1911, Norton moved to South America to manage his railway.