Daniel Och began his career at the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in 1982 in the Risk Arbitrage Department and rose to become the Head of Proprietary Trading in the Equities Division and Co-Head of U.S. Equities Trading. In 1994, Mr. Och left Goldman Sachs and founded the asset management firm, Och-Ziff. Mr. Och led the firm’s $1.15 billion IPO in 2007 and scaled the firm to $50 billion in assets under management. During Mr. Och’s 26-year tenure as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Och-Ziff, the firm generated an annualized gross return well in excess of the S&P 500 Index, representing a cumulative return on initial capital that is multiple times higher than that of the Index.
Mr. Och currently spends most of his time focused on investment activities and philanthropic efforts through his family office, Willoughby Capital Holdings, LLC and his private foundation, the Jane and Daniel Och Family Foundation. Willoughby Capital was founded in 2008, and Mr. Och oversees its multibillion-dollar portfolio spanning private equity, venture capital, public equity, credit and real estate.
Mr. Och is a committed philanthropist and serves on several charitable boards, including the Robin Hood Foundation and the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where his foundation has funded the world-class Och Spine program. Mr. Och is a member of the Wharton School Board of Overseers, the Board of Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art and the Board of Trustees of The Bass Museum in Miami. He is also on the Board of Trustees of Memorial Sloan Kettering and the Executive Board of Trustees of Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami. Mr. Och is an active supporter of Israel and Jewish causes through his work with UJA-Federation New York, Birthright Israel and other organizations.
Mr. Och holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is an avid art collector/investor and skier. He and his wife reside in Miami, FL and have three children.
