David Wachter

Bio

David is a founding partner of W Capital Partners. Since David and his partners founded the firm in 2001, W Capital has become a leading participant in providing private equity firms, financial institutions and corporations with liquidity for their private equity investments. David is cited frequently and has spoken around the world regarding the growing market for liquidity in private equity and the secondary direct market. He was elected one of the 30 Rising Stars in Private Equity by Private Equity International. Prior to the founding of W Capital in 2001, David held senior roles as an investment banker and private equity investor for 15 years at Lehman Brothers, Jefferies and Unterberg. David holds an MBA with distinction from New York University and a BS in Engineering, magna cum laude, with a major in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from Tufts University.