Portrait of Daniel D'Aniello

Rank #918

Daniel D'Aniello

Net worth $4.7B

Private equity · United States

Born
Sep 14, 1946
Age
79
Source
Private equity
Residence
Vienna, Virginia
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Master of Business Administration, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Syracuse University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Daniel D'Aniello is one of three billionaire founders of private equity firm Carlyle Group.
  • He stepped down as chairman in 2018 and now serves as chairman emeritus of Carlyle, which has $453 billion in assets under management.
  • D'Aniello worked at Trans World Airlines, Pepsi and Marriott before joining William Conway Jr. and David Rubenstein to start Carlyle in 1987.
  • He attended Syracuse University on a scholarship, studying transportation economics, and later got his MBA at Harvard.
  • A Vietnam War veteran, D'Aniello contributed $20 million to Syracuse University's National Veterans Resource Center in 2018.
  • He is the chairman of the Virginia-based performing arts nonprofit Wolf Trap Foundation where First Lady Jill Biden is the honorary chair.
  • He worked 60 hours a week in the summers and 20 hours a week during school as a stock boy in a produce market from age 9 until graduation.
  • D'Aniello was on the gymnastics team at Syracuse University.
  • He was the only child of a single mother who worked four jobs simultaneously for 25 years to keep them above the poverty line.

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