# Daniel Wolf

> Daniel Wolf leads Cerberus Business Finance, the U.S. middle-market lending platform he co-founded, and is a senior managing director at Cerberus Capital Management. His career spans central-bank analysis, commercial lending and institutional credit.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Cerberus Business Finance; Senior Managing Director at Cerberus Capital Management
- **Organizations:** Cerberus Business Finance, Cerberus Capital Management, Congress Financial Corporation, Irving Trust Company, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
- **Education:** Undergraduate degree; magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Drew University, MBA, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Cerberus’s lending platform., Led CBF through the $2.05 billion Fund III close in March 2017., Led CBF through the $2.4 billion Fund IV close in March 2021.

## Career timeline

- **1985-1986** — Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
- **1986-1988** — Executive training and middle-market lending, Irving Trust Company.
- **1990-1997** — Congress Financial: senior vice president in business development and credit committee member.
- **1997** — Joined Cerberus.
- **2016** — Led CBF when Natixis arranged a $415.7 million CLO.
- **2017** — CBF closed Fund III; opened a San Francisco office; received a minority investment from Dyal.
- **2021** — CBF closed Fund IV.
- **2023** — Panelist at the Permanent & Private Capital Summit.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Cerberus’s lending platform.
- Led CBF through the $2.05 billion Fund III close in March 2017.
- Led CBF through the $2.4 billion Fund IV close in March 2021.
- Graduated magna cum laude from Drew and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

## Latest updates

- **2024-03** — CBF disclosed more than $29 billion in investment capacity, including over $24 billion in AUM, and more than 290 sponsor clients; platform metrics, not personal assets.
- **2023-06** — Participated in the investing-landscape panel at the Permanent & Private Capital Summit.

## Links

- Website: https://www.cerberus.com/our-firm/leadership/daniel-wolf/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-wolf-127792122

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