Daniel Anthony D'Aniello (born September 14, 1946) is an American

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businessman. He is the cofounder and chairman of

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, a

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firm headquartered in

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Biography

Early life

D'Aniello grew up in an

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family in

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, and graduated from Butler Senior High School. He graduated from

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in 1968, where he was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, an honor society for business students and scholars. He received an MBA from the

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in 1974, where he was a Teagle Foundation Fellow.

Career

Following his graduation from Syracuse University, he enlisted in the United States Navy where he served as a supply officer aboard the USS Wasp (CVS18) until 1971. He was a financial officer at

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and TWA. He was later vice president for finance and development at the

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. He was responsible for the valuation of major mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity offerings, and project financings. In 1987, he co-founded the Carlyle Group with William E. Conway Jr., and David Rubenstein. He now serves as chairman of the board. He is on the board of trustees of the

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, and on the board of trustees of his alma mater,

, and on the corporate advisory council of its Martin J. Whitman School of Management and the IVMF advisory board. In July 2017, D'Aniello was awarded the ''Arents Award'', Syracuse University's highest alumni honor, and an honorary doctorate in 2021.

Philanthropy

Daniel and Gayle D'Aniello have donated over $50 million to Syracuse University in support of the construction and endowment of the ''Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Building'', the National Veterans Resource Center (NVRC), and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families.

Personal life

He lives in

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with his wife, Gayle. Together they have two daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Aniello, Daniel A. 1946 births Living people 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American businesspeople American people of Italian descent American billionaires American chief executives of financial services companies American chief financial officers American Enterprise Institute American financiers American financial analysts American investors American money managers Businesspeople from Pennsylvania The Carlyle Group people Harvard Business School alumni People from Butler County, Pennsylvania PepsiCo people Private equity and venture capital investors Martin J. Whitman School of Management alumni Syracuse University trustees