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Daniel A. D’Aniello
Born (1946-09-14) September 14, 1946 (age 77)
Alma materSyracuse University
Harvard Business School
Occupation(s)Chairman, The Carlyle Group
SpouseGayle D'Aniello
ChildrenTwo

Daniel Anthony D’Aniello (born September 14, 1946) is an American businessman.[2][3][4][5] He is the cofounder and chairman of the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm headquartered in Washington, D.C..[4]

Biography

Early life

D'Aniello grew up in Butler, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Butler Senior High School.[3] He graduated from Syracuse University magna cum laude in 1968, where he was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, an honor society for business students and scholars.[2][3][5] He received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School in 1974, where he was a Teagle Foundation Fellow.[2][3][5]

Career

He served as a financial officer at Pepsico and TWA.[2][3][4][5] He later served as Vice President for Finance and Development at the Marriott Corporation.[2][3][4][5] He was responsible for the valuation of major mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity offerings, and project financings.[4]

In 1987, he co-founded the Carlyle Group with William E. Conway, Jr., and David Rubenstein.[2][3][4][5] He now serves as Chairman of the Board.[4]

He serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Enterprise Institute.[2][6] He also serves on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Syracuse University, and on the Corporate Advisory Council of its Martin J. Whitman School of Management.[2][4]

Philanthropy

Daniel and Gayle D'Aniello support the Washington National Opera.[7]

“I’m a good Italian boy,” he said. “l love opera and anything that ends in a vowel.”

— Daniel D'Aniello, The Washington Post

Personal life

He lives in Vienna, Virginia with his wife of thirty-nine years, Gayle. Together they have two daughters.

References

  1. ^ "Daniel D'Aniello". Forbes. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Bloomberg BusinessWeek: Daniel A. D'Aniello
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Forbes 2007
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Carlyle Group biography
  5. ^ a b c d e f Martin J. Whitman School of Management biography
  6. ^ American Enterprise Institute Board of Trustees
  7. ^ Washington National Opera: La bohème