David Wachter

Founding Partner & CEO at W Capital Partners

Panelist

David is founding partner and CEO of W Capital Partners and a Partner of BNP Paribas Asset Management Private Equity. Since founding W Capital in 2001, W Capital has become a leading participant in GP Solutions Secondaries, providing private equity shareholders with liquidity for their investments. David and the firm are cited frequently in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Investment Dealers Digest, VentureWire, Financier Worldwide, Venture Capital Journal, PE International and PE Analyst. David was on the Board of Directors of the NVCA (National Venture Capital Association), as the first board member representing a secondary fund, and was the Chairman of the NVCA Growth Equity Executive Committee. He has spoken around the world regarding the growing market for liquidity in private equity at Columbia Business School, Wharton, SuperReturn, SuperInvestor and the Dow Jones PEA conference. 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.